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Article Dans Une Revue Physical Review B Année : 2023

Anisotropic Seebeck coefficient of Sr$_2$RuO$_4$ in the incoherent regime

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Intuitive entropic interpretations of the thermoelectric effect in metals predict an isotropic Seebeck coefficient at high temperatures in the incoherent regime even in anisotropic metals since entropy is not directional. Sr$_2$RuO$_4$ is an enigmatic material known for a well characterised anisotropic normal state and unconventional superconductivity. Recent ab-initio transport calculations of Sr$_2$RuO$_4$ that include the effect of strong electronic correlations predicted an enhanced high-temperature anisotropy of the Seebeck coefficient at temperatures above 300 K, but experimental evidence is missing. From measurements on clean Sr$_2$RuO$_4$ single crystals along both crystallographic directions, we find that the Seebeck coefficient becomes increasingly isotropic upon heating towards room temperature as generally expected. Above 300 K, however, S acquires a new anisotropy which rises up to the highest temperatures measured (750 K), in qualitative agreement with calculations. This is a challenge to entropic interpretations and highlights the lack of an intuitive framework to understand the anisotropy of thermopower at high temperatures.
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hal-04197389 , version 1 (06-09-2023)

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Ramzy Daou, Sylvie Hébert, Gaël Grissonnanche, Elena Hassinger, Louis Taillefer, et al.. Anisotropic Seebeck coefficient of Sr$_2$RuO$_4$ in the incoherent regime. Physical Review B, In press, 108 (12-15), pp.L121106. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevB.108.L121106⟩. ⟨hal-04197389⟩
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