Issue 3, 2021

Half-Dirac semimetals and the quantum anomalous Hall effect in Kagome Cd2N3 lattices

Abstract

Half-Dirac semimetals (HDSs), which possess 100% spin-polarizations for Dirac materials, are highly desirable for exploring various topological phases of matter as low-dimensionality opens unprecedented opportunities for manipulating the quantum state of low-cost electronic nanodevices. The search for high-temperature HDSs is still a current hotspot and yet challenging experimentally. Herein based on first-principles calculations, we propose the realization of Half Dirac semimetals (HDS) in two-dimensional (2D) Kagome transition-metal nitride Cd2N3, which is robust against strain engineering. Monte Carlo simulations reveal that Cd2N3 possesses a Curie temperature reaching up to TC = 225 K, which is much higher than that of the reported monolayers CrI3 (TC = 45 K) and Cr2Ge2Te6 (TC = 20 K). The band crossings in Cd2N3 are gapped out by the spin–orbit coupling, which brings about the quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) effect with a sizeable band gap of Eg = 4.9 meV, characterized by the nonzero Chern number (C = 1) and chiral edge states. A tight-binding model is further used to clarify the origin of HDSs and nontrivial electronic properties. The results suggest monolayer transition-metal nitrides as a promising platform to explore fascinating physical phenomena associated with novel 2D emergent HDSs and QAH insulators toward realistic spintronics devices, thus stimulating experimental interest.

Graphical abstract: Half-Dirac semimetals and the quantum anomalous Hall effect in Kagome Cd2N3 lattices

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
27 Jun 2020
Accepted
05 Dec 2020
First published
07 Dec 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Nanoscale Adv., 2021,3, 847-854

Half-Dirac semimetals and the quantum anomalous Hall effect in Kagome Cd2N3 lattices

X. Li, W. Ji, P. Wang and C. Zhang, Nanoscale Adv., 2021, 3, 847 DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00530D

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