Nature Communications (Feb 2019)

Giant thermoelectric power factor in ultrathin FeSe superconductor

  • Sunao Shimizu,
  • Junichi Shiogai,
  • Nayuta Takemori,
  • Shiro Sakai,
  • Hiroaki Ikeda,
  • Ryotaro Arita,
  • Tsutomu Nojima,
  • Atsushi Tsukazaki,
  • Yoshihiro Iwasa

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08784-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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In an effort to optimize the performance of two-dimensional materials for thermoelectric generation, compounds with advantageous intrinsic properties must be identified. Here, the authors report large thermoelectric effect in ultrathin FeSe thin films with high Tc superconductivity.