A Pathway to Efficient Simulations of Charge Density Waves in Transition Metal Dichalcogenides: A Case Study for TiSe2

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Auteurs principaux: Yin, Li, Tang, Hong, Berlijn, Tom, Ruzsinszky, Adrienn
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author Yin, Li
Tang, Hong
Berlijn, Tom
Ruzsinszky, Adrienn
author_facet Yin, Li
Tang, Hong
Berlijn, Tom
Ruzsinszky, Adrienn
contents Charge density waves (CDWs) in transition metal dichalcogenides are the subject of growing scientific interest due to their rich interplay with exotic phases of matter and their potential technological applications. Here, using density functional theory with advanced meta-generalized gradient approximations (meta-GGAs) and linear response time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) with state-of-the-art exchange-correlation kernels, we investigate the electronic, vibrational, and optical properties in 1T-TiSe2 with and without CDW. In both bulk and monolayer TiSe2, the electronic bands and phonon dispersions in either normal (semi-metallic) or CDW (semiconducting) phase are described well via meta-GGAs, which separate the valence and conduction bands just as HSE06 does but with significantly more computational feasibility. Instead of the underestimated gap with standard exchange-correlation approximations and the overestimated gap with screened hybrid functional HSE06, the band gap of the monolayer TiSe2 CDW phase calculated by the meta-GGA MVS (151 meV) is consistent with the angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) gap of 153 meV measured at 10 K. In addition, the gap of bulk TiSe2 CDW phase reaches 67 meV within the TASK approximation, close to the ARPES gap of 82 meV. Regarding excitations of many-body nature, for bulk TiSe2 in normal and CDW phases, the experimentally observed humps of electron energy loss spectroscopy and plasmon peak are successfully reproduced in TDDFT, without an obvious kernel dependence. To unleash the full scientific and technological potential of CDWs in transition metal dichalcogenides, the chemical doping, heterostructure engineering, and pump-probe techniques are needed. Our study opens the door to simulating these complexities in CDW compounds from first principles by revealing meta-GGAs as an accurate low-cost alternative to HSE06.
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spellingShingle A Pathway to Efficient Simulations of Charge Density Waves in Transition Metal Dichalcogenides: A Case Study for TiSe2
Yin, Li
Tang, Hong
Berlijn, Tom
Ruzsinszky, Adrienn
Materials Science
Other Condensed Matter
Charge density waves (CDWs) in transition metal dichalcogenides are the subject of growing scientific interest due to their rich interplay with exotic phases of matter and their potential technological applications. Here, using density functional theory with advanced meta-generalized gradient approximations (meta-GGAs) and linear response time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) with state-of-the-art exchange-correlation kernels, we investigate the electronic, vibrational, and optical properties in 1T-TiSe2 with and without CDW. In both bulk and monolayer TiSe2, the electronic bands and phonon dispersions in either normal (semi-metallic) or CDW (semiconducting) phase are described well via meta-GGAs, which separate the valence and conduction bands just as HSE06 does but with significantly more computational feasibility. Instead of the underestimated gap with standard exchange-correlation approximations and the overestimated gap with screened hybrid functional HSE06, the band gap of the monolayer TiSe2 CDW phase calculated by the meta-GGA MVS (151 meV) is consistent with the angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) gap of 153 meV measured at 10 K. In addition, the gap of bulk TiSe2 CDW phase reaches 67 meV within the TASK approximation, close to the ARPES gap of 82 meV. Regarding excitations of many-body nature, for bulk TiSe2 in normal and CDW phases, the experimentally observed humps of electron energy loss spectroscopy and plasmon peak are successfully reproduced in TDDFT, without an obvious kernel dependence. To unleash the full scientific and technological potential of CDWs in transition metal dichalcogenides, the chemical doping, heterostructure engineering, and pump-probe techniques are needed. Our study opens the door to simulating these complexities in CDW compounds from first principles by revealing meta-GGAs as an accurate low-cost alternative to HSE06.
title A Pathway to Efficient Simulations of Charge Density Waves in Transition Metal Dichalcogenides: A Case Study for TiSe2
topic Materials Science
Other Condensed Matter
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.07414