Chinese Physics B, Volume. 29, Issue 8, (2020)

Electrical and thermoelectric study of two-dimensional crystal of NbSe2

Xin-Qi Li1, Zhi-Lin Li1, Jia-Ji Zhao1, and Xiao-Song Wu1,2、†
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  • 1State Key Laboratory for Artificial Microstructure and Mesoscopic Physics, Beijing Key Laboratory of Quantum Devices, Peking University, Beijing 0087, China
  • 2Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics and Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing 100871, China
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    We report experimental investigation of the resistivity and Nernst effect in two-dimensional (2D) NbSe2 crystals. A strongly enhanced Nernst effect, 100 times larger than that in bulk NbSe2, caused by moving vortices is observed in thin film. It is found that in the low temperature, high magnetic field regime, pinning effects show little dependence on the thickness and resistivity of the superconductor films. Strong Nernst signals persist above the superconducting transition, suggesting that the Nernst effect is a sensitive probe to superconducting fluctuations. A magnetic field induced superconductor--insulator transition (SIT) is evident, which is surprising in that such a SIT usually takes place in disordered dirty superconductors, while our samples are highly crystalline and close to the clean limit. Hence, our results expand the scope of SIT into 2D crystal clean superconductors.

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    Paper Information

    Received: Mar. 15, 2020

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Apr. 29, 2021

    The Author Email: Wu Xiao-Song (xswu@pku.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1088/1674-1056/ab9614

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