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Spintronic Thermoelectric Properties of Amorphous Fe-Ti-Sb Thin Films

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Amorphous Fe-Ti-Sb (FTS) thin film was prepared on a 0.3-µm SiO2/Si wafer by a DC magnetron sputtering method to investigate the spintronic thermoelectric (STE) properties based on the anomalous Nernst effect (ANE) and spin Seebeck effect (SSE). A platinum (Pt) ultra-thin layer was coated on top FTS (Pt/FTS) thin film surface to be used for the spin Hall detector. The crystal structure, morphology, composition and magnetic characteristics of as-deposited FTS and Pt/FTS thin films were carried out by x-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDS), and vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM), respectively. As a result, the crystal structure and morphology displayed a metallic-glass type within the amorphous phase and a smooth surface. The magnetic characterization showed that an ANE and SSE of FTS thin film to yield a spin Seebeck coefficient (Ss) of around 0.35 µV K− 1.

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Acknowledgments

This work was financially supported by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) as part of SICORP (Grant Number: JPMJSC21E3), the Council of Thailand (NRCT) through the Program Management Unit for Human Resources & Institutional Development Research and Innovation (PMU-B) (B16F650001) and the Office of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation through a Research Grant for New Scholars (Grant No. RGNS 65-174).

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  1. Program of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sakon Nakhon Rajabhat University, 680 Nittayo Road, Mueang District, Sakon Nakhon, 47000, Thailand

    Athorn Vora-ud, Somporn Thaowonkaew & Tosawat Seetawan

  2. Center of Excellence for Alternative Energy, Research and Development Institution, Sakon Nakhon Rajabhat University, 680 Nittayo Road, Mueang District, Sakon Nakhon, 47000, Thailand

    Athorn Vora-ud, Somporn Thaowonkaew, Kunchit Singsoog & Tosawat Seetawan

  3. Division of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Thammasat University, Pathum Thani, 12120, Thailand

    Poramed Wongjom

  4. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand

    Piyawat Piyasin & Supree Pinitsoontorn

  5. National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, 114 Thailand Science Park, Paholyothin Rd., Klong 1, Klong Luang, Pathum Thani, 12120, Thailand

    Chanunthorn Chananonnawathorn & Mati Horprathum

  6. Instrumentation and Electronic Laboratory, Department of Physics, Institute Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Surabaya, 60111, Indonesia

    Melania Suweni Muntini

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Vora-ud, A., Wongjom, P., Thaowonkaew, S. et al. Spintronic Thermoelectric Properties of Amorphous Fe-Ti-Sb Thin Films. J. Electron. Mater. 52, 989–993 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-022-10107-w

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