Charge density wave(CDW)strongly affects the electronic properties of two-dimensional(2D)materials and can be tuned by phase engineering.Among 2D transitional metal dichalcogenides(TMDs),VTe_(2)was predicted to requir...Charge density wave(CDW)strongly affects the electronic properties of two-dimensional(2D)materials and can be tuned by phase engineering.Among 2D transitional metal dichalcogenides(TMDs),VTe_(2)was predicted to require small energy for its phase transition and shows unexpected CDW states in its T-phase.However,the CDW state of H-VTe_(2)has been barely reported.Here,we investigate the CDW states in monolayer(ML)H-VTe_(2),induced by phase-engineering from T-phase VTe_(2).The phase transition between T-and H-VTe_(2)is revealed with x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS)and scanning transmission electron microscopy(STEM)measurements.For H-VTe_(2),scanning tunneling microscope(STM)and low-energy electron diffraction(LEED)results show a robust 2√3×2√3CDW superlattice with a transition temperature above 450 K.Our findings provide a promising way for manipulating the CDWs in 2D materials and show great potential in its application of nanoelectronics.展开更多
基金the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant Nos.2021YFA1400100,2020YFA0308800,and 2019YFA0308000)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.92163206,62171035,62171035,61901038,61971035,61725107,and 61674171)+1 种基金the Beijing Nova Program from Beijing Municipal Science&Technology Commission(Grant No.Z211100002121072)the Beijing Natural Science Foundation(Grant Nos.Z190006 and 4192054)。
文摘Charge density wave(CDW)strongly affects the electronic properties of two-dimensional(2D)materials and can be tuned by phase engineering.Among 2D transitional metal dichalcogenides(TMDs),VTe_(2)was predicted to require small energy for its phase transition and shows unexpected CDW states in its T-phase.However,the CDW state of H-VTe_(2)has been barely reported.Here,we investigate the CDW states in monolayer(ML)H-VTe_(2),induced by phase-engineering from T-phase VTe_(2).The phase transition between T-and H-VTe_(2)is revealed with x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS)and scanning transmission electron microscopy(STEM)measurements.For H-VTe_(2),scanning tunneling microscope(STM)and low-energy electron diffraction(LEED)results show a robust 2√3×2√3CDW superlattice with a transition temperature above 450 K.Our findings provide a promising way for manipulating the CDWs in 2D materials and show great potential in its application of nanoelectronics.
