• 文献标题:   Spin caloritronics in graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   FROTA HO, GHOSH A
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, spin caloritronic, spintronic, spin seebeck effect
  • 出版物名称:   SOLID STATE COMMUNICATIONS
  • ISSN:   0038-1098 EI 1879-2766
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Fed Amazonas
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.ssc.2014.04.014
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

Spin caloritronics, the combination of spintronics with thermoelectrics, based on spin and heat transport has attracted a great attention mainly in the development of low-power-consumption technology. In this work we study the thermoelectric properties of a quantum dot attached to two single layer graphene sheets as leads. The temperature difference on the two graphene leads induces a spin current which depends on the temperature and chemical potential. We demonstrate that the quantum dot behaves as a spin filter for selected values of the chemical potential and is able to filter electrons by their spin orientation. The spin thermopower has also been studied where the effects of the chemical potential, temperature and also the Coulomb repulsion due to the double occupancy of an energy level have been observed. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.