By systematic theoretical calculations,we reveal an excitonic insulator(EI)in the Ta_(2)Pd_(3)Te_(5)monolayer.The bulk Ta_(2)Pd_(3)Te_(5)is a van der Waals(vdW)layered compound,whereas the vdW layer can be obtained th...By systematic theoretical calculations,we reveal an excitonic insulator(EI)in the Ta_(2)Pd_(3)Te_(5)monolayer.The bulk Ta_(2)Pd_(3)Te_(5)is a van der Waals(vdW)layered compound,whereas the vdW layer can be obtained through exfoliation or molecular-beam epitaxy.First-principles calculations show that the monolayer is a nearly zero-gap semiconductor with the modified Becke–Johnson functional.Due to the same symmetry of the band-edge states,the two-dimensional polarization 2D would be finite as the band gap goes to zero,allowing for an EI state in the compound.Using the first-principles many-body perturbation theory,the GW plus Bethe–Salpeter equation calculation reveals that the exciton binding energy is larger than the single-particle band gap,indicating the excitonic instability.The computed phonon spectrum suggests that the monolayer is dynamically stable without lattice distortion.Our findings suggest that the Ta_(2)Pd_(3)Te_(5) monolayer is an excitonic insulator without structural distortion.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11974395 and 12188101)the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDB33000000)+1 种基金the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant Nos.2022YFA1403800 and 2022YFA1403400)the Center for Materials Genome。
文摘By systematic theoretical calculations,we reveal an excitonic insulator(EI)in the Ta_(2)Pd_(3)Te_(5)monolayer.The bulk Ta_(2)Pd_(3)Te_(5)is a van der Waals(vdW)layered compound,whereas the vdW layer can be obtained through exfoliation or molecular-beam epitaxy.First-principles calculations show that the monolayer is a nearly zero-gap semiconductor with the modified Becke–Johnson functional.Due to the same symmetry of the band-edge states,the two-dimensional polarization 2D would be finite as the band gap goes to zero,allowing for an EI state in the compound.Using the first-principles many-body perturbation theory,the GW plus Bethe–Salpeter equation calculation reveals that the exciton binding energy is larger than the single-particle band gap,indicating the excitonic instability.The computed phonon spectrum suggests that the monolayer is dynamically stable without lattice distortion.Our findings suggest that the Ta_(2)Pd_(3)Te_(5) monolayer is an excitonic insulator without structural distortion.
