Transport coefficients of InSb in a strong magnetic field

Author

Nakamura, Hiroaki ; Ikeda, Kazuaki ; Yamaguchi, Satarou

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. for Fusion Sci., Toki-City, Japan

fYear

1997

fDate

26-29 Aug 1997

Firstpage

142

Lastpage

146

Abstract

The improvement of a superconducting magnet makes induction of a strong magnetic field easier. This fact gives us a possibility of energy conversion by the Nernst effect. As the first step to study the Nernst element, we measured the conductivity, the Hall coefficient, the thermoelectric power and the Nernst coefficient of InSb, which is one of candidates of the Nernst elements. From this experiment, it is concluded that the Nernst coefficient is smaller than the theoretical values. On the other hand, the conductivity, the Hall coefficient and the thermoelectric power has values expected by the theory

Keywords

Hall effect; III-V semiconductors; indium compounds; magnetoresistance; thermoelectric power; thermomagnetic effects; Hall coefficient; InSb; Nernst coefficient; Nernst effect; conductivity; energy conversion; strong magnetic field; thermoelectric power; transport coefficients; Conducting materials; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic fields; Magnetic materials; Plasma temperature; Power measurement; Shape; Superconducting magnets; Thermal conductivity; Thermoelectricity;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Thermoelectrics, 1997. Proceedings ICT '97. XVI International Conference on

Conference_Location

Dresden

ISSN

1094-2734

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4057-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICT.1997.667046

Filename

667046