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Enhancement of the anomalous Nernst effect by third elements addition to a ferromagnetic iron nitride film and fabricating multilayer structure

Research Project

Project/Area Number 21K04859
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 29010:Applied physical properties-related
Research InstitutionTohoku University

Principal Investigator

Ito Keita  東北大学, 金属材料研究所, 助教 (70791763)

Project Period (FY) 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Keywords窒化物 / 異常ネルンスト効果 / 強磁性窒化物 / スピントロニクス / 熱電変換材料
Outline of Research at the Start

近年、新たな環境発電技術として金属強磁性体材料における異常ネルンスト効果(ANE)を利用した熱電変換が注目されている。ANEを用いた磁気熱電変換素子では、簡便な単層の金属強磁性体薄膜のみで発電が可能であり、大面積、低価格、熱勾配と直交方向への電圧出力等の利点がある。しかし、現状では半導体材料におけるゼーベック効果を利用した熱電変換に対して、熱電能が大幅に及ばない点が課題となっている。したがって、発電出力の向上には、大きな熱電能を示す新奇強磁性体材料の開発が必須の状況である。本研究課題では強磁性金属窒化物をベースとした、大きなANEを示す新しい高出力磁気熱電変換材料の創製を目指す。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, single-crystal films of ferromagnetic nitride Fe4N doped with third elements were prepared. Through the Fermi level position modulation and multilayer structuring, we tried to achieve an anomalous Nernst coefficient exceeding 10 μV/K at room temperature, which is required for practical thermoelectric conversion devices based on the anomalous Nernst effect.
Fe4-xMnxN, Fe4-yCoyN, Fe4-αRuαN, Fe4-βPtβN films, and [Fe4N/MgO] multilayers were prepared by molecular beam epitaxy. As a result, the anomalous Nernst coefficient was successfully increased by Pt substitution and multilayering with MgO. In the future, we aim to further increase the anomalous Nernst coefficient by utilizing the knowledge obtained in this study.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

近年のIoT社会の実現と発展途上国における人口爆発によるエネルギー需要の増大により、身の回りにある様々なエネルギー源から電力を取り出す新たな環境発電技術や、電子機器の消費電力を抑える省エネルギー技術の開発が求められている。異常ネルンスト効果を用いた磁気熱電変換素子は、単層の金属強磁性体薄膜のみの簡便な構造でも発電が可能であり、IoT社会における様々なセンサー用独立電源との親和性が非常に高い環境発電技術である。
本研究では、比較的大きな異常ネルンスト効果を示すFe4Nの薄膜に少量のPtを添加することや、MgO薄膜と多層構造化することで、異常ネルンスト効果が増強することを発見した。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (13 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 Other

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (10 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results,  Invited: 1 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Anomalous Nernst effect in epitaxially grown Fe4-xNixN films2023

    • Author(s)
      Weida Yin, Keita Ito, Yusuke Tsubowa, Masahito Tsujikawa, Masafumi Shirai, Koki Takanashi
    • Journal Title

      AIP Advances

      Volume: 13 Issue: 2

    • DOI

      10.1063/9.0000564

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Enhancement of the anomalous Nernst effect in epitaxial Fe4N films grown on SrTiO3(001) substrates with oxygen deficient layers2022

    • Author(s)
      Keita Ito, Jian Wang, Yusuke Shimada, Himanshu Sharma, Masaki Mizuguchi, Koki Takanashi
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Applied Physics

      Volume: 132 Issue: 13

    • DOI

      10.1063/5.0102928

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Modulation of anomalous Nernst effects in Fe4N and Mn4N films on SrTiO3 substrates2023

    • Author(s)
      Keita Ito, Himanshu Sharma, Masaki Mizuguchi, Koki Takanashi
    • Organizer
      IEEE International Magnetics Conference 2023
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Anomalous Nernst effect in Fe4-xMnxN films grown by molecular beam epitaxy2023

    • Author(s)
      Weida Yin, Keita Ito, Masahito Tsujikawa, Masafumi Shirai, Koki Takanashi
    • Organizer
      日本金属学会2023年春期(第172回)講演大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] SrTiO3基板上の窒化物薄膜における異常ネルンスト効果の変調2022

    • Author(s)
      伊藤啓太, Himanshu Sharma, 水口将輝, 高梨弘毅
    • Organizer
      第46回日本磁気学会学術講演会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Characterization of the anomalous Nernst effect in Fe4-xNixN films2022

    • Author(s)
      Weida Yin, Keita Ito, Yusuke Tsubowa, Masahito Tsujikawa, Masafumi Shirai, Koki Takanash
    • Organizer
      第46回日本磁気学会学術講演会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Anomalous Nernst effect in Fe4-xNixN and Fe4-xCoxN films grown by molecular beam epitaxy2022

    • Author(s)
      Weida Yin, Keita Ito, Yusuke Tsubowa, Masahito Tsujikawa, Masafumi Shirai, Koki Takanashi
    • Organizer
      第83回応用物理学会秋季学術講演会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 窒化物を用いた高磁気異方性材料と磁気熱電材料の開発2022

    • Author(s)
      伊藤啓太
    • Organizer
      強的秩序とその操作に関わる第15回夏の学校
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Modulation of the Anomalous Nernst Effect in Nitride Films on SrTiO32022

    • Author(s)
      Keita Ito, Koki Takanashi
    • Organizer
      The 6th Symposium for the Core Research Clusters for Materials Science and Spintronics, and the 5th Symposium on International Joint Graduate Program in Materials Science
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Anomalous Nernst effect in epitaxially grown Fe4-xNixN films2022

    • Author(s)
      Weida Yin, Keita Ito, Yusuke Tsubowa, Masahito Tsujikawa, Masafumi Shirai, Koki Takanashi
    • Organizer
      67th Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Enhancement of the anomalous Nernst effect in Fe4N films on SrTiO3(001) substrates2022

    • Author(s)
      Keita Ito, Koki Takanashi
    • Organizer
      第69回応用物理学会春季学術講演会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Anomalous Nernst effect of epitaxial Fe4N films grown on SrTiO3(001) substrates2021

    • Author(s)
      Keita Ito, Jian Wang, Himanshu Sharma, Masaki Mizuguchi, Koki Takanashi
    • Organizer
      第82回応用物理学会秋季学術講演会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] researchmap

    • URL

      https://researchmap.jp/7000019113

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report 2022 Research-status Report 2021 Research-status Report

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Published: 2021-04-28   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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