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Experimental Evidence of Stable 2 Phase on the Surface of Layered 1-TaTe

arXiv:2009.00987 · doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c10517

Abstract

We report on the low-energy electronic structure of Tantalum ditelluride (1-TaTe), one of the charge density wave (CDW) materials from the group V transition metal dichalcogenides using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) and density functional theory (DFT). We find that the Fermi surface topology of TaTe is quite complicated compared to its isovalent compounds such as TaS, TaSe, and isostructural compound NbTe. More importantly, we discover that the surface electronic structure of 1-TaTe has more resemblance to the 2-TaTe, while the bulk electronic structure has more resemblance to the hypothetical 1-TaTe. These experimental observations are thoroughly compared with our DFT calculations performed on 1-, 2- and 2 (monolayer)/1- TaTe. We further notice that the Fermi surface topology is temperature independent up to 180 K, confirming that the 2 phase on the surface is stable up to 180 K and the CDW order is not due to the Fermi surface nesting.

5 figures, 22 pages, Accepted for publication in JPCC

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