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Journal Article | FZJ-2019-04623 |
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2019
IOP Publ.80390
Bristol
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Please use a persistent id in citations: http://hdl.handle.net/2128/24172 doi:10.1088/1361-648X/ab360b
Abstract: Understanding the magnetic properties of the various Mn doping configurations that can be encountered in 2H-MoS2 monolayer could be beneficial for its use in spintronics. Using density functional theory plus Hubbard term (DFT + U) approach, we study how a single isolated, double- and triple-substitution configurations of Mn atoms within a MoS2 monolayer could contribute to its total magnetization. We find that the doping-configuration plays a critical role in stabilizing a ferromagnetic state in a Mn-doped MoS2 monolayer. Indeed, the Mn–Mn magnetic interaction is found to be ferromagnetic and strong for Mn in equidistant substitution positions where the separation average range of 6–11 . The strongest ferromagnetic interaction is found when substitutions are in second nearest neighbor Mo-sites of the armchair chain. Clustering is energetically favorable but it strongly reduces the ferromagnetic exchange energies. Furthermore, in term of electronic properties, we show that the Mn-doped MoS2 monolayer can change its electronic behavior from semiconductor to half-metallic depending on the doping configuration. Our results suggest that ordering the Mn dopants on MoS2 monolayer is needed to increase its potential ferromagnetism.
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