• Journal of Semiconductors
  • Vol. 41, Issue 12, 122502 (2020)
Jingjing Zhang1, Jin Yang1, Liangzhong Lin2, and JiaJi Zhu1
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Science and Laboratory of Quantum Information Technology, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing 400061, China
  • 2School of Information Engineering, Zhongshan Polytechnic, Zhongshan 528400, China
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    DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/41/12/122502 Cite this Article
    Jingjing Zhang, Jin Yang, Liangzhong Lin, JiaJi Zhu. An antiferromagnetic two-dimensional material: Chromium diiodides monolayer[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2020, 41(12): 122502 Copy Citation Text show less
    (Color online) (a) Crystal structure of bulk CrI2, and spin-polarized band structure and spin spatial distribution of (b) ferromagnetic and (c) antiferromagnetic orderings.
    Fig. 1. (Color online) (a) Crystal structure of bulk CrI2, and spin-polarized band structure and spin spatial distribution of (b) ferromagnetic and (c) antiferromagnetic orderings.
    (Color online) (a) 1T and (b) 2H phases of CrI2 monolayers. The chromium and iodine atoms are illustrated with blue and purple spheres, respectively.
    Fig. 2. (Color online) (a) 1T and (b) 2H phases of CrI2 monolayers. The chromium and iodine atoms are illustrated with blue and purple spheres, respectively.
    (Color online) The spin-resolved band structures, total spin density of states (DOS) and spin spatial distributions of (a) 1T-FM, (b) 1T-AFM, (c) 2H-FM, and (d) 2H-AFM.
    Fig. 3. (Color online) The spin-resolved band structures, total spin density of states (DOS) and spin spatial distributions of (a) 1T-FM, (b) 1T-AFM, (c) 2H-FM, and (d) 2H-AFM.
    (Color online) Configurations of the model (a) AA-FM, (b) AA-AFM-a, (c) AA-AFM-f, (d) AB-FM, (e) AB-AFM-a, and (f) AB-AFM-f. The up and down arrows indicate the signs of initial magnetic moments in constrained DFT calculations.
    Fig. 4. (Color online) Configurations of the model (a) AA-FM, (b) AA-AFM-a, (c) AA-AFM-f, (d) AB-FM, (e) AB-AFM-a, and (f) AB-AFM-f. The up and down arrows indicate the signs of initial magnetic moments in constrained DFT calculations.
    (Color online) (The spin-resolved band structures, total spin density of states (DOS) and spin spatial distributions of model (a) AA-FM, (b) AA-AFM-a, (c) AA-AFM-f, (d) AB-FM, (e) AB-AFM-a, and (f) AB-AFM-f.
    Fig. 5. (Color online) (The spin-resolved band structures, total spin density of states (DOS) and spin spatial distributions of model (a) AA-FM, (b) AA-AFM-a, (c) AA-AFM-f, (d) AB-FM, (e) AB-AFM-a, and (f) AB-AFM-f.
    ParameterFM (eV)AFM (eV)
    1T–26.464–26.467
    2H–25.065–25.148
    Table 1. The total energies of 1T and 2H phases.
    J (eV) U (eV)
    234
    0.9AFM–25.417–24.519–23.560
    FM–25.361–24.416–23.525
    0.0560.1030.035
    0.5AFM–25.031–24.092–23.217
    FM–24.976–24.053–23.184
    0.0550.0390.033
    0.1AFM–24.679–23.735–22.883
    FM–24.600–23.699–22.851
    0.0790.0360.032
    Table 2. The DFT+U total energies and energy difference for the 1T phase AFM and FM state.
    ParameterFM (eV)AFM-a (eV)AFM-f (eV)
    AA–52.277–52.333–52.271
    AB–52.890–52.935–52.926
    Table 3. AA and AB total energies.
    Jingjing Zhang, Jin Yang, Liangzhong Lin, JiaJi Zhu. An antiferromagnetic two-dimensional material: Chromium diiodides monolayer[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2020, 41(12): 122502
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