Thermoelectric power of high Tc materials: A new phenomenological model

Abstract

The temperature dependent TEP data show a broad maximum peak at Tc < T < 300K and yet the magnitudes of TEP is similar to those of the broad band metals. To understand the anomalous TEP data in Tc < T < 300K, we have proposed a new phenomenological model which is a mixed state of single-particle-like carriers and independent bound pairs.