Enhanced magneto-transport and thermoelectric properties of MnP nanorod thin films grown on Si (1 0 0)

•MnP nanorods thin films were grown on Si(1 0 0) at 300 °C and 400 °C using MBE.•The Curie temperature of MnP nanorod films increased with growth temperature.•MnP films shown Anomalous Hall effect and negative magneto-resistance.•High power factor was observed in the film grown at 400 °C. The MnP thin films were grown on Si (1 0 0) substrates at 300 and 400 °C using molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). The films crystallize in an orthorhombic structure. FE-SEM images indicated that both films are composed of vertically aligned MnP nanorods. However, the density of the nanorods in the film grown at 400 °C is higher than that grown at 300 °C, leading to a considerable decrease of resistivity in this sample. Both films showed a ferromagnetic behavior, but the Curie temperature increased from 275 K for the film grown at 300 °C to 325 K for the film grown at 400 °C. Anomalous Hall effect (AHE) and negative magneto-resistance (MR) were observed in the films. While both films exhibited a metallic behavior, a higher thermoelectric power factor (PF) was achieved for the film grown at 400 °C.