Enhanced thermopower in a magnetic semiconductor EuTe4 with multiple charge-density-wave instabilities/
arXiv:2508.16017 · doi:10.1103/9bvh-3r6w
Abstract
We investigate the layered magnetic semiconductor EuTe4, focusing on its intricate charge-density wave (CDW) states near and above room temperature through single-crystal X-ray diffraction (XRD), magnetic, and thermoelectric measurements.The XRD measurement revealed that the CDW state inducing the polar lattice distortion persists even at 650 K, demonstrating its remarkable thermal stability. Notably, the Seebeck coefficient near room temperature reaches values exceeding 500 uVK-1. This large Seebeck coefficient, not fully captured by a simple band calculation, is comparable to those observed in heavy-electron semiconducting oxides, suggesting the importance of electron correlation and spin/lattice instabilities. Furthermore, potentially reflecting the competition of two types of CDW states, the thermal conductivity near room temperature is as low as 0.02 Wcm-1K-1. As a result, the thermoelectric figure of merit zT reaches 0.22 at 460 K. These findings establish EuTe4 as a compelling platform to explore novel types of thermoelectric materials with multiple electronic instability.
15 pages, 4 figures
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