Phonon-drag thermopower and thermoelectric performance of MoS2monolayer in quantizing magnetic field

Huynh V Phuc; S S Kubakaddi; Le Dinh; Tran N Bich; Nguyen N Hieu

doi:10.1088/1361-648X/ac7496

Phonon-drag thermopower and thermoelectric performance of MoS₂monolayer in quantizing magnetic field

J Phys Condens Matter. 2022 Jun 10;34(31). doi: 10.1088/1361-648X/ac7496.

Authors

Huynh V Phuc¹, S S Kubakaddi², Le Dinh³, Tran N Bich³, Nguyen N Hieu^{4

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Affiliations

¹ Division of Theoretical Physics, Dong Thap University, Cao Lanh 870000, Vietnam.
² Department of Physics, K. L. E. Technological University, Hubballi 580 031, Karnataka, India.
³ Center for Theoretical and Computational Physics, University of Education, Hue University, Hue 530000, Vietnam.
⁴ Institute of Research and Development, Duy Tan University, Da Nang 550000, Vietnam.
⁵ Faculty of Natural Sciences, Duy Tan University, Da Nang 550000, Vietnam.

PMID: 35636387
DOI: 10.1088/1361-648X/ac7496

Abstract

We present a theory of phonon-drag thermopower,Sxxg, in MoS₂monolayer at a low-temperature regime in the presence of a quantizing magnetic fieldB. Our calculations forSxxgconsider the electron-acoustic phonon interaction via deformation potential (DP) and piezoelectric (PE) couplings for longitudinal (LA) and transverse (TA) phonon modes. The unscreened TA-DP is found to dominateSxxgover other mechanisms. TheSxxgis found to oscillate with the magnetic field where the lifting effect of the valley and spin degeneracies in MoS₂monolayer has been clearly observed. An enhancedSxxgwith a peak value of∼1mV K^-1at aboutT = 10 K is predicted, which is closer to the zero field experimental observation. In the Bloch-Grüneisen regime the temperature dependence ofSxxggives the power-lawSxxg∝Tδe, whereδ_evaries marginally around 3 and 5 for unscreened and screened couplings, respectively. In addition,Sxxgis smaller for larger electron densityn_e. The power factor PF is found to increase with temperatureT, decrease withn_e, and oscillate withB. The prediction of an increase of thermal conductivity with temperature and the magnetic field is responsible for the limit of the figure of merit (ZT). At a particular magnetic field and temperature,ZTcan be maximized by optimizing electron density. By fixingne=1012cm^-2, the highestZTis found to be 0.57 atT = 5.8 K andB = 12.1 T. Our findings are compared with those in graphene and MoS₂for the zero-magnetic field.

Keywords: MoS2 monolayer; phonon-drag thermopower; thermoelectric performance.