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The transition metal dichalcogenides MX2/Chromium Trihalides CrX3 van der Waals heterostructures can control the valley polarization of of MX2 effectively, which makes them possess promising potential applications in valleytronics. In the present work, the stacking order and electronic structure of MoSe2/CrI3, MoSe2/CrBr3 and WS2/CrBr3 are investigated based on the first-principle calculation and k-projection band unfolding method. The underlying mechanism of valley splitting is also explored. The stacking energy surfaces are calculated and the stable stacking configurations are determined. The effects of the breaking of time-symmetry and spatial-symmetry on electronic structure are also revealed. Because of the orbital hybridization, the conduction band of heterostructure becomes complicated and the valence band maximum changes drastically. It is thus difficult to compare the electronic structure of vdW heterostructure with that of free-standing MX2 directly. Through the unfolding energy band, the electronic structure change of MX2 induced by CrX3 is revealed clearly, and the valley splitting of MX2 is obtained quantitatively. Moreover, the interlayer distance and strain are found to be able to tune the valley splitting effectively. When the interlayer distance reduces to 2.6 Å, the valley splitting of MoSe2/CrI3 is enhanced to 10.713 meV with the increase of AB stacking, which is 8.8 times as large as the value of equilibrium structure. This work breaks through the limit of the complex electronic structure in supercell, providing an important reference for studying other magnetic vdW heterostructure.
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Keywords:
- valleytronics /
- heterostructure /
- stacking order /
- band unfolding
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图 1 MoSe2/CrI3异质结的结构和布里渊区 (a), (b)对应于AB和AB' 堆垛的MoSe2/CrI3结构; (c)大六边形和小六边形分别对应MoSe2原胞布里渊区和异质结布里渊区
Figure 1. Structure and Brillouin zone of MoSe2/CrI3 heterostructure: (a), (b) MoSe2/CrI3 heterostructure with the AB and AB' stacking, respectively; (c) the large and small hexagon correspond to the MoSe2 protocell Brillouin region and the heterojunction Brillouin region, respectively
图 4 MoSe2, CrI3和AB堆垛 MoSe2/CrI3的能带图 (a)—(c)分别对应单层MoSe2不考虑自旋极化且不考虑自旋轨道耦合时、考虑自旋极化以及考虑自旋极化和自旋轨道耦合时的能带; (d)—(f)对应CrI3的情况; (g)—(i)对应 AB堆垛 MoSe2/CrI3
Figure 4. Band structure of MoSe2, CrI3 and AB-stacking MoSe2/CrI3 vdW heterostructure: (a)–(c) The energy band obtained without spin polarization and spin orbital coupling, with spin polarization and with spin polarization and spin orbital coupling; (d)–(f) the case of CrI3; (g)–(i) the corresponding energy band of AB-stacking MoSe2/CrI3
图 5 磁性异质结轨道分辨的能带图 (a)—(d)分别是MoSe2/CrI3中Mo-d, Se-p, Cr-d, I-p的轨道投影能带图; (e)—(h)分别是MoSe2/CrBr3中Mo-d, Se-p, Cr-d, Br-p的轨道投影能带图; (i)—(l)对应于WS2/CrBr3体系
Figure 5. Orbital resolved energy band of magnetic heterostructure: (a)–(d) The Mo-d, Se-p, Cr-d, I-p resolved energy band of MoSe2/CrI3; (e)–(h) the correspongding energy band of MoSe2/CrBr3; (i)–(l) the correspongding energy band of WS2/CrBr3
图 6 (a)自旋劈裂和谷劈裂的定义; (b), (c) AB堆垛的MoSe2/CrI3中MoSe2在
$1 \times1 $ 的布里渊区反折叠能带与单独存在的MoSe2比较图, 其中子图为K+/K–附近的价带和导带情况; (d)—(f)${{AB}}'$ 堆垛 MoSe2/CrI3, AB堆垛 MoSe2/CrBr3 和WS2/CrBr3的反折叠能带图Figure 6. (a) The definition of spin splitting and valley splitting; (b), (c) the comparison between the unfolding band of MoSe2 in AB-stacking MoSe2/CrI3 heterostructure and free-standing MoSe2, the VBM (b) and CBM (c); (d)–(f) the unfolding energy band of
${{AB}}'$ stacking MoSe2/CrI3, AB stacking MoSe2/CrBr3 and WS2/${\rm{CrBr}}_3 $ , respectively图 7 AB堆垛 MoSe2/CrI3能谷劈裂和能量随层间距和应力的变化 (a), (b)能谷劈裂和能量随层间距的变化关系; (c), (d) AB堆垛MoSe2/CrI3的能谷劈裂和能量随应变的变化关系
Figure 7. The change of valley splitting and energy with interlayer distance and strain of MoSe2/CrI3: (a), (b) The change of valley splitting and energy with interlayer distance; (c), (d) change with strain
表 1 三种异质结不同堆垛的自旋和能谷劈裂(单位: meV)
Table 1. The spin splitting and valley splitting in unit of meV of three vdW heterostructure with different stacking order.
异质结 堆垛 a/Å 失配率/% $\varDelta_{{\rm{spin}}}^{{\rm{VBM}}/K_+}$ $\varDelta_{{\rm{spin}}}^{{\rm{VBM}}/K_-}$ $\varDelta_{{\rm{spin}}}^{{\rm{CBM}}/K_+}$ $\varDelta_{{\rm{spin}}}^{{\rm{CBM}}/K_-}$ $\varDelta_{{\rm{val}}}^{{\rm{VBM}}}$ $\varDelta_{{\rm{val}}}^{{\rm{CBM}}}$ MoSe2/CrI3 AB 6.65 4.9% 184.64 187.057 22.629 19.14 1.215 1.756 AB' 6.65 186.02 184.8 29.598 25.192 0.596 0.94 MoSe2/CrBr3 AB 6.65 3.1% 183.756 187.815 26.08 18.043 1.852 3.887 AB' 6.65 185.474 184.022 25.11 18.237 2.028 3.096 WS2/CrBr3 AB 6.4 0.7% 434.922 436.345 24.459 27.308 0.666 0.756 AB' 6.4 435.474 435.392 25.019 24.823 0.27 0.439 -
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[4] Chu J, Wang Y, Wang X, Hu K, Rao G, Gong C, Wu C, Hong H, Wang X, Liu K, Gao C, Xiong J 2021 Adv. Mater. 33 2004469Google Scholar
[5] Du L, Hasan T, Castellanos-Gomez A, Liu G B, Yao Y, Lau C N, Sun Z 2021 Nat. Rev. Phys. 3 193Google Scholar
[6] 孙真昊, 管鸿明, 付雷, 沈波, 唐宁 2021 物理学报 70 027302Google Scholar
Sun Z H, Guan H M, Fu L, Shen B, Tang N 2021 Acta Phys. Sin. 70 027302Google Scholar
[7] Zhao S, Li X, Dong B, Wang H, Wang H, Zhang Y, Han Z, Zhang H 2021 Rep. Prog. Phys. 84 026401Google Scholar
[8] Vitale S A, Nezich D, Varghese J O, Kim P, Gedik N, Jarillo-Herrero P, Xiao D, Rothschild M 2018 Small 14 1801483Google Scholar
[9] Lu H Z, Yao W, Xiao D, Shen S Q 2013 Phys. Rev. Lett. 110 016806Google Scholar
[10] Xiao D, Yao W, Niu Q 2007 Phys. Rev. Lett. 99 236809Google Scholar
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[14] Cao T, Wang G, Han W, Ye H, Zhu C, Shi J, Niu Q, Tan P, Wang E, Liu B, Feng J 2012 Nat. Commun. 3 887Google Scholar
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[22] Norden T, Zhao C, Zhang P, Sabirianov R, Petrou A, Zeng H 2019 Nat. Commun. 10 4163Google Scholar
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[32] Kresse G, Furthmüller J 1996 Phys. Rev. B 54 11169Google Scholar
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