Applying a temperature gradient in a magnetic material generates a voltage that is perpendicular to both the heat flow and the magnetization. 1,2 This is the anomalous Nernst effect (ANE), 3,4 which was thought to be proportional to the value of the magnetization for a long time. However, more generally, the ANE has been predicted to originate from a net Berry curvature of all bands near the Fermi level (EF. 5,6 Subsequently, a large anomalous Nernst thermopower ( ) has recently been observed in topological materials with no net magnetization but large net Berry curvature [n(k)] around EF. 7-9 These experiments clearly fall outside the scope of the conventional magnetization-model of the ANE, but a significant question remains: Can the value of the ANE in topological ferromagnets exceed the highest values observed in conventional ferromagnets? Here, we report a remarkably high -value of ~6.0 µV K −1 at 1 T in the ferromagnetic topological Heusler compound Co2MnGa at room temperature, which is around 7-times larger than any anomalous Nernst thermopower value ever reported for a conventional ferromagnet. Combined electrical, thermoelectric and first-principles calculations reveal that this high value of the ANE arises from a large net Berry curvature near the Fermi level associated with nodal lines and Weyl points.

The discovery of magnetic topological semimetals has recently attracted significant attention in the field of topology and thermoelectrics. In a thermoelectric device based on the Nernst geometry, an external magnet is required as an integral part. Reported is a zero‐field Nernst effect in a newly discovered hard‐ferromagnetic kagome‐lattice Weyl‐semimetal Co3Sn2S2. A maximum Nernst thermopower of ≈3 µV K−1 at 80 K in zero field is achieved in this magnetic Weyl‐semimetal. The results demonstrate the possibility of application of topological hard magnetic semimetals for low‐power thermoelectric devices based on the Nernst effect and are thus valuable for the comprehensive understanding of transport properties in this class of materials.

Magnon-drag is shown to dominate the thermopower of elemental Fe from 2 to 80 K and of elemental Co from 150 to 600 K; it is also shown to contribute to the thermopower of elemental Ni from 50 to 500 K. Two theoretical models are presented for magnon-drag thermopower. One is a hydrodynamic theory based purely on non-relativistic, Galilean, spinpreserving electron-magnon scattering. The second is based on spin-motive forces, where the thermopower results from the electric current pumped by the dynamic magnetization associated with a magnon heat flux. In spite of their very different microscopic origins, the two give similar predictions for pure metals at low temperature, allowing us to semi-quantitatively explain the observed thermopower of elemental Fe and Co without adjustable parameters. We also find that magnon-drag may contribute to the thermopower of Ni. A spin-mixing model is presented that describes the magnon-drag contribution to the Anomalous Nernst Effect in Fe, again enabling a semi-quantitative match to the experimental data without fitting parameters. Our work suggests 2 that particle non-conserving processes may play an important role in other types of drag phenomena, and also gives a predicative theory for improving metals as thermoelectric materials.

Weyl semimetals expand research on topologically protected transport by adding bulk Berry monopoles with linearly dispersing electronic states and topologically robust, gapless surface Fermi arcs terminating on bulk node projections. Here, we show how the Nernst effect, combining entropy with charge transport, gives a unique signature for the presence of Dirac bands. The Nernst thermopower of NbP (maximum of 800 VK -1 at 9 T, 109 K) exceeds its conventional thermopower by a hundredfold and is significantly larger than the thermopower of traditional thermoelectric materials. The Nernst effect has a pronounced maximum near TM=9020 K=0/kB (0 is chemical potential at T=0 K). A self-consistent theory without adjustable parameters shows that this results from electrochemical potential pinning to the Weyl point energy at TTM, driven by charge neutrality and Dirac band symmetry. Temperature and field dependences of the Nernst effect, an even function of the charge polarity, result from the intrinsically bipolar nature of the Weyl fermions. Through this study, we offer an understanding of the temperature dependence of the position of the electrochemical potential vis-à-vis the Weyl point, and we show a direct connection between topology and the Nernst effect, a potentially robust experimental tool for investigating topological states and the chiral anomaly. EH T EH T        (1)

A large anomalous Nernst effect (ANE) is crucial for thermoelectric energy conversion applications because the associated unique transverse geometry facilitates module fabrication. Topological ferromagnets with large Berry curvatures show large ANEs; however, they face drawbacks such as strong magnetic disturbances and low mobility due to high magnetization. Herein, we demonstrate that YbMnBi2, a canted antiferromagnet, has a large ANE conductivity of ~10 A m−1 K−1 that surpasses large values observed in other ferromagnets (3–5 A m−1 K−1). The canted spin structure of Mn guarantees a non-zero Berry curvature, but generates only a weak magnetization three orders of magnitude lower than that of general ferromagnets. The heavy Bi with a large spin–orbit coupling enables a large ANE and low thermal conductivity, whereas its highly dispersive px/y orbitals ensure low resistivity. The high anomalous transverse thermoelectric performance and extremely small magnetization make YbMnBi2 an excellent candidate for transverse thermoelectrics.