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Anisotropic anomalous Nernst effect of metallic nickel assembled by aligned nanowires

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The anomalous Nernst effect (ANE), as a three-dimensional thermoelectric effect in ferromagnetic materials, is expected to break through the limitations of the traditional Seebeck effect, thereby improving thermoelectric conversion efficiency. This study reports an anisotropic anomalous Nernst effect in metallic nickel assembled by the alignment of nanowires. It is found that the ANE voltage varies with the angle to the alignment direction of nanowires within the in-plane of metallic nickel. The ANE voltage reaches 530 nV under a longitudinal temperature difference of 23 K when the magnetic field is applied parallel to the alignment direction of nanowires, which is 143% of its value in the vertical direction. This design concept for anisotropic materials may provide a novel path to enhanced thermoelectric efficiency in ANE-based thermoelectric devices.

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This work is supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11874098, 52171173).

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    Yuekui Xu, Ziyang Zhang, Hang Sun, Huiqian Min & Zhiyong Qiu

  2. Key Laboratory of Energy Materials and Devices (Liaoning Province), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, Liaoning, China

    Yuekui Xu, Ziyang Zhang, Hang Sun, Huiqian Min & Zhiyong Qiu

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YX contributed to conceptualization, data curation, and writing—original draft; ZZ contributed to investigation and formal analysis; HS contributed to investigation and software; HM contributed to writing—editing; ZQ contributed to analysis and financial support.

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Xu, Y., Zhang, Z., Sun, H. et al. Anisotropic anomalous Nernst effect of metallic nickel assembled by aligned nanowires. J Mater Sci 59, 4596–4604 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-024-09466-y

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