Nature Communications (Jun 2021)

Leveraging bipolar effect to enhance transverse thermoelectricity in semimetal Mg2Pb for cryogenic heat pumping

  • Zhiwei Chen,
  • Xinyue Zhang,
  • Jie Ren,
  • Zezhu Zeng,
  • Yue Chen,
  • Jian He,
  • Lidong Chen,
  • Yanzhong Pei

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24161-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Heat pumping is in high demand at cryogenic temperature, but whether thermoelectricity can take on cryogenic heat pumping is an open question. Here, the authors answer this question by leveraging bipolar effect to enhance transverse thermoelectricity in semimetal Mg2Pb for cryogenic heat pumping.