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Volume 114, Number 4, May 2016
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Article Number | 47012 | |
Number of page(s) | 5 | |
Section | Condensed Matter: Electronic Structure, Electrical, Magnetic and Optical Properties | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/114/47012 | |
Published online | 23 June 2016 |
Magnetism from 2p states in K-doped ZnO monolayer: A density functional study
School of Science, Xi'an Jiaotong University - Xi'an 710049, China
(a) fangdqphy@mail.xjtu.edu.cn (corresponding author)
Received: 5 April 2016
Accepted: 6 June 2016
Using density-functional–based methods, we have studied 2p-based magnetic moments and magnetic coupling in potassium (K)-doped ZnO monolayer. We find that the substitution of a K atom at a Zn site in a ZnO monolayer induces a magnetic moment of per cell mainly originating from the O-2p states and has much lower formation energy than a magnetic Zn vacancy. A half-metallic electronic property and long-range ferromagnetic coupling between the magnetic moments are obtained based on the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) calculations, which is explained by a double-exchange–like mechanism. Moreover, with stronger correlation correction on 2p states, the structure of the substitutional K impurity undergoes a Jahn-Teller–like distortion. Incorporating magnetism into a two-dimensional ZnO monolayer will promote its application in nanodevices.
PACS: 71.15.Mb – Density functional theory, local density approximation, gradient and other corrections / 75.50.Pp – Magnetic semiconductors
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