“…Compared to resistivity and Hall coefficient measurements, measurement of Seebeck coefficient is a powerful technique in probing the transport phenomena with minimal distortion arising from the defect structures, etc., which are not the characteristic of the sample studied. Several authors have reported Seebeck coefficients for several systems such as La 2Ϫx (Sr,Ba) x CuO 4 , 13,14 YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7Ϫ␦ ͑YBCO͒, 10,12,[15][16][17] Bi 2 Sr 2 Ca 1 Cu 2 O 8ϩy , [18][19][20] Tl 2 Ba 2 Ca 2 Cu 3 O y , 21,22 and HgBa 2 Ca 2 Cu 3 O 8ϩ␦ system, 23,24 and have analyzed the results obtained in the light of energy band calculations to understand the transport mechanism involved. 10,12,25,27 One of the established consensus on the YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7Ϫ␦ system is that the Cu 3d and O 2p orbitals in the vicinity of the Fermi energy (E f ) constitute the superconductivity in this system.…”