Thermoelectric properties of the Corbino disk in graphene

Abstract

Thermopower and the Lorentz number for an edge-free (Corbino) graphene disk in the quantum Hall regime is calculated within the Landauer-B\"{u}ttiker formalism. We find, by varying the electrochemical potential, that amplitude of the Seebeck coefficient follows a modified Goldsmid-Sharp relation, in which energy gap is identified with the interval between zero-th and first Landau level in bulk graphene. Analogous relation for the Lorentz number is also determined. Therefore, these thermoelectric properties are solely defined by the magnetic field, temperature, the Fermi velocity in graphene, and fundamental constants including the electrons charge, the Planck and Boltzmann constants, being independent on the system geometric dimensions. This suggests that the Corbino disk in graphene may operate as a thermoelectric thermometer, allowing to determine small temperature difference between two reservoirs, if mean temperature and magnetic field are known.