Van der Waals Schottky barriers as interface probes of the correlation between chemical potential shifts and charge density wave formation in 1T-TiSe${}_2$ and 2H-NbSe${}_2$

Abstract

Layered transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) materials, i.e. 1T-TiSe${}_2$ and 2H-NbSe${}_2$, harbor a second order charge density wave (CDW) transition where phonons play a key role for the periodic modulations of conduction electron densities and associated lattice distortions. We systematically study the transport and capacitance characteristics over a wide temperature range of Schottky barriers formed by intimately contacting freshly exfoliated flakes of 1T-TiSe${}_2$ and 2H-NbSe${}_2$ to \textit{n}-type GaAs semiconductor substrates. The extracted temperature-dependent parameters (zero-bias barrier height, ideality and built-in potential) reflect changes at the TMD/GaAs interface induced by CDW formation for both TMD materials. The measured built-in potential reveals chemical-potential shifts relating to CDW formation. With decreasing temperature a peak in the chemical-potential shifts during CDW evolution indicates a competition between electron energy re-distributions and a combination of lattice strain energies and Coulomb interactions. These modulations of chemical potential in CDW systems, such as 1T-TiSe${}_2$ and 2H-NbSe${}_2$ harboring second-order phase transitions, reflect a corresponding conversion from short to long-range order.

arXiv comment6 pages, 5 figures, accepted by Physical Review B

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