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Abstract Searching for Kagome magnets with novel magnetic and electronic properties has been attracting significant efforts recently. Here, the magnetic, electronic, and thermoelectric properties of Fe3Ge single crystals with Fe atoms forming a slightly distorted Kagome lattice are reported. It is shown that Fe3Ge exhibits a large anomalous Hall effect and anomalous Nernst effect. The observed anomalous transverse thermoelectric conductivity reaches ≈4.6 A m−1 K−1, which is larger than the conventional ferromagnets and most of the topological ferromagnets reported in literature. The first‐principles calculations suggest that these exceptional transport properties are dominated by the intrinsic mechanism, which highlights the significant contribution of the Berry curvature of massive Dirac gaps in the momentum space. Additionally, a topological Hall resistivity of 0.9 µΩ cm and a topological Nernst coefficient of 1.2 µV K−1are also observed, which are presumably ascribed to the Berry phase associated with the field‐induced non‐zero scalar spin chirality. These features highlight the synergic effects of the Berry phases in both momentum space and real space of Fe3Ge, which render it an excellent candidate for room‐temperature thermoelectric applications based on transverse transport.
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Current-sensitive Hall effect in a chiral-orbital-current state
Abstract Chiral orbital currents (COC) underpin a novel colossal magnetoresistance in ferrimagnetic Mn3Si2Te6. Here we report the Hall effect in the COC state which exhibits the following unprecedented features: (1) A sharp, current-sensitive peak in the magnetic field dependence of the Hall resistivity, and (2) A current-sensitive scaling relation between the Hall conductivityσxyand the longitudinal conductivityσxx, namely,σxy∝σxxαwith α reaching up to 5, which is exceptionally large compared toα ≤ 2 typical of all solids. The novel Hall responses along with a current-sensitive carrier density and a large Hall angle of 15% point to a giant, current-sensitive Hall effect that is unique to the COC state. Here, we show that a magnetic field induced by the fully developed COC combines with the applied magnetic field to exert the greatly enhanced transverse force on charge carriers, which dictates the COC Hall responses.
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- Award ID(s):
- 2204811
- PAR ID:
- 10510649
- Publisher / Repository:
- Springer Nature
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Nature Communications
- Volume:
- 15
- Issue:
- 1
- ISSN:
- 2041-1723
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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