Modulation of electronic and thermal proprieties of TaMoS${}_2$ by controlling the repulsive interaction between Ta dopant atoms

Abstract

We theoretically study the electronic and the thermal characteristics of Tantalum, Ta, doped Molybdenum disulfide, MoS${}_2$, using density functional theory. It has been shown that the MoS${}_2$ monolayer is not a good material for thermoelectric devices due to its relatively large band gap. We find that a Ta doped MoS${}_2$ forming a TaMoS${}_2$ monolayer can be useful for thermoelectric devices. The particular attention of this work is paid to the interaction effect between the Ta atoms in the MoS${}_2$ structure. We find that the interaction type is repulsive. It introduces an asymmetry in the density of states, DOS, reducing the band gap. In the presence of a strong repulsive interaction of Ta-Ta atoms, new states in the DOS around the Fermi energy are found leading to a reduction of the band gap. Consequently, a high Seebeck coefficient and figure of merit are seen over a wide range of energy around the Fermi energy. In contrast, a small reduction of the band gap and a vanishing degeneracy of the valence and the conduction bands are observed for the case of a weak Ta-Ta repulsive interaction leading to less promising thermoelectric properties.

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