Magnetism arising from Mexican-hat-like band dispersion in the WSe2/SnS2 heterostructure via interlayer strain

Mexican-hat-like band dispersion is extremely critical to the realization of hole-doping-induced magnetism in monolayer metal monochalcogenides. However, it is absent from transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs), i.e., WSe2. Herein, using first-principles calculations, we show that Mexican-hat-like band dispersion can be achieved by applying interlayer strain (ε) in the WSe2/SnS2 van der Waals (vdW) heterostructure when ε exceeds 15%. This is because in the strain-induced distorted trigonal prismatic crystal field, at the valence band edge, the W_dz2 orbitals shift upward around the Γ point, while the double-degenerate W_dxy/dx2-y2 orbitals shift downward at the K point, resulting in Mexican-hat-like band dispersion near the Γ point when the energy level of the Γ point surpasses that of the K point. On account of the appearance of the Mexican-hat-like band edge (MHBE), hole-doping in the strained WSe2/SnS2 heterostructure induces magnetization readily from the nonmagnetized phase. Our findings may provide a new strategy for the realization of magnetized TMDC-based vdW heterostructures.

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2020

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2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22

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Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP - 22(2020), 38 vom: 07. Okt., Seite 21961-21967

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Englisch

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Zhang, Shuai [VerfasserIn]
Li, Chong [VerfasserIn]
Shang, Jimin [VerfasserIn]
Li, Haisheng [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Zhaowu [VerfasserIn]
Li, Liben [VerfasserIn]
Jia, Yu [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 07.10.2020

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10.1039/d0cp03141k

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NLM315454172