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Somaye Esteki1, Rouhollah Farghadan1
1Department of Physics, University of Kashan, Kashan, 87317-53153, Iran. rfarghadan@kashanu.ac.ir.
Abstract:
We investigated the spin caloritronic properties of zigzag silicon carbide nanoribbons with asymmetric fluorine edges (2F-8ZSiCNR-1F) doped with boron (B) or nitrogen (N) using density functional theory. Doping 2F-8ZSiCNRs-F with group III/V elements changes band structure states near the Fermi surface and modifies the systems magnetic moment. The doped structures exhibit magnetic metallic, half-metallic, and spin-semiconducting properties, with the dopant type and position significantly influencing spin-dependent thermoelectric properties. Pure thermal spin current reach 50-90 nA, while B and N doping induce perfect spin-filtering with negative differential thermal resistance. At zero chemical potential, the spin Seebeck coefficient (SS) ranges from 0.01 mV K-1 to 1.5 mV K-1. These results highlight the potential of impurity engineering to enhance thermoelectric performance in spin caloritronic applications.
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