Electric generator by the Nernst effect in a strong magnetic field, which is called a Nernst element, was proposed in a few years ago. We have developed a measuring system of transport coefficients, which are the thermoelectric coefficient α and the Nernst coefficient
N, to find the Nernst element which has a good figure of merit. We obtained the temperature
T and the magnetic field
B dependence of both α and
N of InSb, which has a high mobility and which is one of candidates of the Nernst elements, when 263 K≤
T≤373 K and
B≤4 T. We measured two types of InSb samples, which we called sample A and sample B. Their carrier concentrations at 77 K are
n=2.1×10
22 m
−3 and
n=2.9×10
21 m
−3, respectively. This measurement gives the following two important results: (i) Both α and
N of sample B, which is in the intrinsic region near room temperature, are higher than those of sample A. (ii) the
N of both samples are proportional to
B up to 4 T. This fact is inconsistent with theoretical result, that is,
N∝1⁄
B2.
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