Issue 6, 2022

Giant valley splitting in a MoTe2/MnSe2 van der Waals heterostructure with room-temperature ferromagnetism

Abstract

An intrinsic large valley splitting has been realized in van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures formed by monolayer MoTe2 and layered room-temperature ferromagnetic MnSe2via first-principles calculations. The value of valley splitting of MoTe2 can reach 106 meV among a variety of stacking MoTe2/MnSe2 heterobilayers, which is equivalent to the effective Zeeman splitting in an external magnetic field of 530 T. And the magnitude of valley splitting can be further enhanced by applying external vertical-stress and biaxial compressive strain. To obtain a higher operating temperature, a biaxial tensile strain of 2.3% has been applied on the monolayer MnSe2 magnetic substrate, and the corresponding Curie temperature increased from an intrinsic value of 266 K to 353 K, but the valley splitting can still remain as large as 72 meV. This means that we can strike a balance between large valley splitting and high Curie temperature, which is vital for the application of magnetic valley electronic devices.

Graphical abstract: Giant valley splitting in a MoTe2/MnSe2 van der Waals heterostructure with room-temperature ferromagnetism

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
17 dez 2021
Accepted
30 jan 2022
First published
11 fev 2022
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Mater. Adv., 2022,3, 2927-2933

Giant valley splitting in a MoTe2/MnSe2 van der Waals heterostructure with room-temperature ferromagnetism

Q. Li, C. Zhang, D. Wang, K. Chen and L. Tang, Mater. Adv., 2022, 3, 2927 DOI: 10.1039/D1MA01196K

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