Open AccessScaling at the energy‐driven metal‐insulator transition and the thermoelectric power
Author(s) -
Croy Alexander,
Römer Rudolf A.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
physica status solidi c
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1610-1642
pISSN - 1862-6351
DOI - 10.1002/pssc.200562752
Subject(s) - seebeck coefficient , scaling , thermoelectric effect , condensed matter physics , formalism (music) , kubo formula , kinetic energy , electrical resistivity and conductivity , thermal conductivity , materials science , metal–insulator transition , insulator (electricity) , conductivity , statistical physics , physics , thermodynamics , mathematics , classical mechanics , quantum mechanics , geometry , optoelectronics , art , musical , visual arts
The electronic properties of disordered systems at the Anderson metal‐insulator transition (MIT) have been the subject of intense study for several decades. Thermoelectric properties at the MIT, such as thermopower and thermal conductivity, however, have been relatively neglected. Using the recursive Green's function method and the Chester‐Thellung‐Kubo‐Greenwood formalism, we calculate numerically the low temperature behaviour of all kinetic coefficients L ij . From these we can deduce for example the electrical conductivity ω and the thermopower S at finite temperatures. Here we present results for the case of completely coherent transport in cubic 3D systems. (© 2006 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)