• 文献标题:   Signatures of adatom effects in the quasiparticle spectrum of Li-doped graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KAASBJERG K, JAUHO AP
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   2469-9950 EI 2469-9969
  • 通讯作者地址:   Tech Univ Denmark
  • 被引频次:   5
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.100.241405
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

We study the spectral function and quasiparticle scattering in Li-decorated graphene (Li@graphene) with an atomistic T-matrix formalism and uncover adatom-induced spectral effects which shed light on experimentally observed angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) features. From transport studies, alkali adatoms are known to introduce charged-impurity scattering limiting the carrier mobility. Here, we demonstrate that Li adatoms furthermore give rise to a low-energy impurity band centered at the Gamma point which originates from the hybridization between the atomic 2s state of the Li adatoms and graphene "surface" states. We show that the impurity band is strongly dependent on the concentration c(Li) of Li adatoms, and aligns with the Li-induced Fermi level on the Dirac cone at c(Li) similar to 8% (E-F approximate to 1.1 eV). Finally, we show that adatom-induced quasiparticle scattering increases dramatically at energies above similar to 1 eV close to the van Hove singularity in the graphene density of states, giving rise to a large linewidth broadening on the Dirac cone with a concomitant downshift and a characteristic kink in the conduction band. Our findings are highly relevant for future studies of ARPES, transport, and superconductivity in adatom-doped graphene.