Robust Large Gap Two-Dimensional Topological Insulators in Hydrogenated III鈥揤 Buckled Honeycombs

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• 作者：Christian P. Crisostomo ; Liang-Zi Yao ; Zhi-Quan Huang ; Chia-Hsiu Hsu ; Feng-Chuan Chuang ; Hsin Lin ; Marvin A. Albao ; Arun Bansil
• 刊名：Nano Letters
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：October 14, 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：15
• 期：10
• 页码：6568-6574
• 全文大小：649K
• ISSN：1530-6992

文摘

A large gap two-dimensional (2D) topological insulator (TI), also known as a quantum spin Hall (QSH) insulator, is highly desirable for low-power-consuming electronic devices owing to its spin-polarized backscattering-free edge conducting channels. Although many freestanding films have been predicted to harbor the QSH phase, band topology of a film can be modified substantially when it is placed or grown on a substrate, making the materials realization of a 2D TI challenging. Here we report a first-principles study of possible QSH phases in 75 binary combinations of group III (B, Al, Ga, In, and Tl) and group V (N, P, As, Sb, and Bi) elements in the 2D buckled honeycomb structure, including hydrogenation on one or both sides of the films to simulate substrate effects. A total of six compounds (GaBi, InBi, TlBi, TlAs, TlSb, and TlN) are identified to be nontrivial in unhydrogenated case; whereas for hydrogenated case, only four (GaBi, InBi, TlBi, and TlSb) remains nontrivial. The band gap is found to be as large as 855 meV for the hydrogenated TlBi film, making this class of III鈥揤 materials suitable for room temperature applications. TlBi remains topologically nontrivial with a large band gap at various hydrogen coverages, indicating the robustness of its band topology against bonding effects of substrates.