Thermoelectric properties of topological insulators

YV Ivanov, AT Burkov… - physica status solidi …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Many efficient thermoelectric materials belong to the class of topological insulators.
Therefore, in recent years considerable efforts have been made to elucidate the influence of …

Anomalous thermoelectric performance in asymmetric Dirac semimetal BaAgBi

Z Zhou, K Peng, S Xiao, Y Wei, Q Dai… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Multiple-band degeneracy has been widely recognized to be beneficial for high
thermoelectric performance. Here, we discover that the p-type Dirac bands with lower …

Observation of spin-momentum locked surface states in amorphous Bi2Se3

P Corbae, S Ciocys, D Varjas, E Kennedy… - Nature Materials, 2023 - nature.com
Crystalline symmetries have played a central role in the identification and understanding of
quantum materials. Here we investigate whether an amorphous analogue of a well known …

Topological insulators for thermoelectrics: A perspective from beneath the surface

MY Toriyama, GJ Snyder - The Innovation, 2025 - cell.com
Thermoelectric properties of topological insulators have traditionally been examined in the
context of their metallic surface states. However, recent studies have begun to unveil …

Topological insulator metamaterial with giant circular photogalvanic effect

X Sun, G Adamo, M Eginligil, HNS Krishnamoorthy… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
One of the most notable manifestations of electronic properties of topological insulators is
the dependence of the photocurrent direction on the helicity of circularly polarized optical …

Terahertz signatures of ultrafast Dirac fermion relaxation at the surface of topological insulators

S Kovalev, KJ Tielrooij, JC Deinert, I Ilyakov… - npj Quantum …, 2021 - nature.com
Topologically protected surface states present rich physics and promising spintronic,
optoelectronic, and photonic applications that require a proper understanding of their …

Linear and nonlinear thermoelectric transport in a magnetic topological insulator nanoribbon with a domain wall

NX Yang, Q Yan, QF Sun - Physical Review B, 2020 - APS
We theoretically investigate the thermoelectric transport in the nanoribbon of the magnetic
topological insulator with a domain wall in the linear and nonlinear regimes. The Lorenz …

Intrinsic contribution to nonlinear thermoelectric effects in topological insulators

P Bhalla - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
Irradiation of strong light on a material leads to numerous nonlinear effects that are essential
to understand the physics of excited states of the system and optoelectronics. Here, we study …

Gate voltage controlled thermoelectric figure of merit in three-dimensional topological insulator nanowires

NX Yang, YF Zhou, P Lv, QF Sun - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
The thermoelectric properties of the surface states in three-dimensional topological insulator
nanowires are studied. The Seebeck coefficients S c and the dimensionless thermoelectrical …

Large thermopower in topological surface state of Sn-BSTS topological insulators: Thermoelectrics and energy-dependent relaxation times

SY Matsushita, K Ichimura, KK Huynh, K Tanigaki - Physical Review Materials, 2021 - APS
Topological surface Dirac states (TSDSs) generated in three-dimensional topological
insulators (3D-TIs) are currently of significant interest for new science and advanced …