Thermoelectric power of Ba(Fe1-x Co (x) )(2)As-2 (0x0.05) and Ba(Fe1-x Rh (x) )(2)As-2 (0x0.171)
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Temperature-dependent, in-plane, thermoelectric power data are presented for single crystals of Ba(Fe1−x Co x )2As2 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.05) and Ba(Fe1−x Rh x )2As2 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.171). Given that previous thermoelectric power and angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy studies of Ba(Fe1−x Co x )2As2 delineated a rather large Co-concentration range for Lifshitz transitions to occur, and the underdoped side of the phase diagram is poorly explored, new measurements of thermoelectric power on tightly spaced concentrations of Co, 0 ≤ x ≤ 0.05, were carried out. The data suggest evidence of a Lifshitz transition, but instead of a discontinuous jump in thermoelectric power in the range 0 ≤ x ≤ 0.05, a more gradual evolution in the S(T) plots as x is increased was observed. The thermoelectric power data of Ba(Fe1−x Rh x )2As2 show very similar behavior to that of Co substituted BaFe2As2. The previously outlined T–x phase diagrams for both systems are further confirmed by these thermoelectric power data.
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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Philosophical Magazine on February 1, 2013, available online http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14786435.2012.729866. Posted with permission.