Large asymmetric anomalous Nernst effect in the antiferromagnet SrIr0.8Sn0.2O3
A large anomalous Nernst effect is essential for thermoelectric energy-harvesting in the transverse geometry without external magnetic field. It's often connected with anomalous Hall effect, especially when electronic Berry curvature is believed to be the driving force. This approach implicitly assumes the same symmetry for the Nernst and Hall coefficients, which is however not necessarily true. Here we report a large anomalous Nernst effect in antiferromagnetic SrIr<sub>0.8</sub>Sn<sub>0.2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> that defies the antisymmetric constraint on the anomalous Hall effect imposed by the Onsager reciprocal relation. The observed spontaneous Nernst thermopower quickly reaches the sub-μV/K level below the Néel transition around 250 K, which is comparable with many topological antiferromagnetic semimetals and far excels other magnetic oxides. Our analysis indicates that the coexistence of significant symmetric and antisymmetric contributions plays a key role, pointing to the importance of extracting both contributions and a new pathway to enhanced anomalous Nernst effect for transverse thermoelectrics.
Authors
- Dapeng Cui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8824-2922)
- Lukáš Horák (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1835-9850)
- Jian Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7962-2547)
- Evguenia Karapetrova
- Dongliang Gong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1804-7811)
- Lin Hao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3393-0672)
- Philip J. Ryan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5247-349X)
- Yang Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4630-5056)
- Jong‐Woo Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9641-2947)
- Shu Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5011-8566)
- Junyi Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9074-6030)
- Shashi Bhushan Pandey
- Jacob P. C. Ruff
Institutions
- Argonne National Laboratory (US)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Cornell University (US)
- Charles University (CZ)
- Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (CN)
- Knoxville College (US)
- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (DE)
- High Magnetic Field Laboratory (CN)
- National Laboratory for Superconductivity (CN)
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nature Communications
- Published
- 2025-03-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-58020-0
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.28