Abstract
Despite numerous studies, coupled spin and valley physics is currently limited to two-dimensional (2D) transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs). Here, we predict an exceptional 2D valleytronic material associated with the spin-valley coupling phenomena beyond 2D TMDCs - single-layer (SL) H-Tl2O. It displays large valley spin splitting (VSS), significantly larger than that of 2D TMDCs, and a finite band gap, which are both critically attractive for the integration of valleytronics and spintronics. More importantly, in sharp contrast to all the experimentally confirmed 2D valleytronic materials, where the strong valence-band VSS (0.15-0.46 eV) supports the spin-valley coupling, the VSS in SL H-Tl2O is pronounced in its conduction band (0.61 eV), but negligibly small in its valence band (21 meV), thus opening a way for manipulating the coupled spin and valley physics. Moreover, SL H-Tl2O possesses extremely high carrier mobility, as large as 9.8×103cm2V-1s-1.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 035444 |
| Journal | Physical Review B |
| Volume | 97 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 Jan 31 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Financial support by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, HE 3543/27-1), National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2013CB632401), National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11374190), Program of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities (111 Program, Grant No. 297B13029), and the high-performance computing resources of ZIH Dresden are gratefully acknowledged. We thank Professor Udo Schwingenschlögl for fruitful discussions. We also thank the Taishan Scholar Program of Shandong Province and Qilu Young Scholar Program of Shandong University.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 American Physical Society.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics