Abstract
Substitution of Sb in FeSb2 by less than 0.5% of Te induces a transition from a correlated semiconductor to an unconventional metal with large effective charge carrier mass m∗. Spanning the entire range of the semiconductor-metal crossover, we observed an almost constant enhancement of the measured thermopower compared to that estimated by the classical theory of electron diffusion. Using the latter for a quantitative description one has to employ an enhancement factor of 10–30. Our observations point to the importance of electron-electron correlations in the thermal transport of FeSb2, and suggest a route to design thermoelectric materials for cryogenic applications.
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