• 文献标题:   Triple VTe2/graphene/VTe2 heterostructures as perspective magnetic tunnel junctions
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   BEGUNOVICH LV, KUKLIN AV, VISOTIN MA, KUZUBOV AA, TOMILIN FN, TARASOV AS, MIKHALEV YG, AVRAMOV PV
  • 作者关键词:   magnetic tunnel junction, vanadium ditelluride monolayer, transition metal dichalcogenide, graphene, density functional theory
  • 出版物名称:   APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
  • ISSN:   0169-4332 EI 1873-5584
  • 通讯作者地址:   Siberian Fed Univ
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.apsusc.2020.145315
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

New perspective 1.4 nm thick spin-polarized triple heterostructures based on graphene sandwiched between two vanadium ditelluride monolayers (VTe2/graphene/VTe2) were studied using ab initio DFT technique. Both possible trigonal prismatic (H-VTe2) and octahedral (T-VTe2) VTe2 phases were considered to design and study graphene-based heterostructures. It was shown that the interaction with graphene changes the electronic structure of 2D T-VTe2 from metallic to half-metallic, making T phase perspective to be used for magnetic tunnel junctions. The electronic subsystem of graphene fragment is slightly hole doped. Calculated tunnel magne-toresistance ratio for the favorable heterostructure configuration estimated within the Julliere model is 220%, which opens a way to use VTe2/graphene/VTe2 as prospective magnetic tunnel junction in novel spintronic nanodevices based on tunnel magnetic resistance and spin transfer torque effects.