Valley Nernst effect is a newly proposed and experimentally confirmed effect,which could be used to design novel thermoelectric devices.We study the valley Nernst effect in(M+N)-layer twisted multilayer graphene syste...Valley Nernst effect is a newly proposed and experimentally confirmed effect,which could be used to design novel thermoelectric devices.We study the valley Nernst effect in(M+N)-layer twisted multilayer graphene systems by a simple low-energy effective model.It is found that the total valley Nernst coefficient(VNC)is three orders of magnitude larger than that in monolayer group-Ⅵdichalcogenides.The total VNC increases with the increase of layer numbers.It is shown that the total VNC exhibits a structure with three peaks as a function of the Fermi energy.We identify that the central peak is always negative stemming from the flat band.Two shoulder peaks are positively induced by the conduction and valence bands,respectively.These predicted features can be tested experimentally.The present work would shed more light on valley caloritronics.展开更多
A simple rational model is proposed for discharge of batteries with aqueous electrolytes, based on Nernst equation. Details of electrode kinetics are not taken into account. Only a few overall parameters of the batter...A simple rational model is proposed for discharge of batteries with aqueous electrolytes, based on Nernst equation. Details of electrode kinetics are not taken into account. Only a few overall parameters of the battery are considered. A simple algorithm, with variable time step-length <span style="font-family:Verdana;">Δ</span><i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">t</span></i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">, is presented, for proposed model. The model is first applied to Daniel cell, in order to clar</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">ify</span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> concepts and principles of battery operation. It is found that initial pinching, in time-history curve of voltage </span><i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">E-t</span></i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">, is due to initial under-concentration of product ion. Then, model is applied </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">to</span><span> a lead-acid battery. In absence of an ion product, and in order to construct nominator of Nernst ratio, such an ion, with coefficient tending to zero, is assumed, thus yielding unity in nominator. Time-history curves of voltage, for various values of internal resistance, are compared with corresponding published experimental curves. Temperature effect on voltage-time curve is examined. Proposed model can be extended to other types of batteries, which can be considered as having aqueous electrolytes, too.</span>展开更多
We report experimental investigation of the resistivity and Nernst effect in two-dimensional(2D)NbSe2 crystals.A strongly enhanced Nernst effect,100 times larger than that in bulk NbSe2,caused by moving vortices is ob...We report experimental investigation of the resistivity and Nernst effect in two-dimensional(2D)NbSe2 crystals.A strongly enhanced Nernst effect,100 times larger than that in bulk NbSe2,caused by moving vortices is observed in thin film.It is found that in the low temperature,high magnetic field regime,pinning effects show little dependence on the thickness and resistivity of the superconductor films.Strong Nernst signals persist above the superconducting transition,suggesting that the Nernst effect is a sensitive probe to superconducting fluctuations.A magnetic field induced superconductor-insulator transition(SIT)is evident,which is surprising in that such a SIT usually takes place in disordered dirty superconductors,while our samples are highly crystalline and close to the clean limit.Hence,our results expand the scope of SIT into 2D crystal clean superconductors.展开更多
基金Project supported in part by the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2018YFA0305800)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11974348 and 11834014)+2 种基金supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant Nos.XDB28000000 and XDB33000000)supported in part by the Training Program of Major Research plan of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.92165105)CAS Project for Young Scientists in Basic Research(Grant No.YSBR-057)。
文摘Valley Nernst effect is a newly proposed and experimentally confirmed effect,which could be used to design novel thermoelectric devices.We study the valley Nernst effect in(M+N)-layer twisted multilayer graphene systems by a simple low-energy effective model.It is found that the total valley Nernst coefficient(VNC)is three orders of magnitude larger than that in monolayer group-Ⅵdichalcogenides.The total VNC increases with the increase of layer numbers.It is shown that the total VNC exhibits a structure with three peaks as a function of the Fermi energy.We identify that the central peak is always negative stemming from the flat band.Two shoulder peaks are positively induced by the conduction and valence bands,respectively.These predicted features can be tested experimentally.The present work would shed more light on valley caloritronics.
文摘A simple rational model is proposed for discharge of batteries with aqueous electrolytes, based on Nernst equation. Details of electrode kinetics are not taken into account. Only a few overall parameters of the battery are considered. A simple algorithm, with variable time step-length <span style="font-family:Verdana;">Δ</span><i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">t</span></i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">, is presented, for proposed model. The model is first applied to Daniel cell, in order to clar</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">ify</span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> concepts and principles of battery operation. It is found that initial pinching, in time-history curve of voltage </span><i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">E-t</span></i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">, is due to initial under-concentration of product ion. Then, model is applied </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">to</span><span> a lead-acid battery. In absence of an ion product, and in order to construct nominator of Nernst ratio, such an ion, with coefficient tending to zero, is assumed, thus yielding unity in nominator. Time-history curves of voltage, for various values of internal resistance, are compared with corresponding published experimental curves. Temperature effect on voltage-time curve is examined. Proposed model can be extended to other types of batteries, which can be considered as having aqueous electrolytes, too.</span>
基金the National Key Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2016YFA0300600)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11574005 and 11774009).
文摘We report experimental investigation of the resistivity and Nernst effect in two-dimensional(2D)NbSe2 crystals.A strongly enhanced Nernst effect,100 times larger than that in bulk NbSe2,caused by moving vortices is observed in thin film.It is found that in the low temperature,high magnetic field regime,pinning effects show little dependence on the thickness and resistivity of the superconductor films.Strong Nernst signals persist above the superconducting transition,suggesting that the Nernst effect is a sensitive probe to superconducting fluctuations.A magnetic field induced superconductor-insulator transition(SIT)is evident,which is surprising in that such a SIT usually takes place in disordered dirty superconductors,while our samples are highly crystalline and close to the clean limit.Hence,our results expand the scope of SIT into 2D crystal clean superconductors.
