Enhanced Spin Seebeck Thermopower in Pt/Holey MoS<sub>2</sub>/Y<sub>3</sub>Fe<sub>5</sub>O<sub>12</sub> Hybrid Structure.

Lee, Won-Yong; Park, No-Won; Kim, Gil-Sung; Kang, Min-Sung; Choi, Jae Won; Choi, Kwang-Yong; Jang, Ho Won; Saitoh, Eiji et al. · Nano Lett · 2021

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

We first observed the spin-to-charge conversion due to both the inverse Rashba-Edelstein effect (IREE) and inverse spin-Hall effect in a holey multilayer molybdenum disulfide (MoS<sub>2</sub>) intermediate layer in a Pt/YIG structure via LSSE measurements under nonequilibrium magnetization. We found an enhancement of approximately 238%, 307%, and 290% in the longitudinal spin Seebeck effect (LSSE) voltage, spin-to-charge current, and thermoelectric (TE) power factor, respectively, compared with the monolayer MoS<sub>2</sub> interlayer in a Pt/YIG structure. Such an enhancement in the LSSE performance of Pt/holey MoS<sub>2</sub>/YIG can be explained by the improvement of spin accumulation in the Pt layer by induced spin fluctuation as well as increased additional spin-to-charge conversion due to in-plane IREE. Our findings represent a significant achievement in the understanding of spin transport in atomically thin MoS<sub>2</sub> interlayers and pave the way toward large-area TE energy-harvesting devices in two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide materials.