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Topological quantum catalyst: the case of two-dimensional traversing nodal line states associated with high catalytic performance for hydrogen evolution reaction
Lirong Wang, Xiaoming Zhang, Weizhen Meng +3
Topological quantum catalysts (TQCs), where metallic surface states from nontrivial band topology serve as the mechanism to favor heterogeneous catalysis processes, have been well…
Theoretical realization of hybrid Weyl state and associated high catalytic performance for hydrogen evolution in NiSi
Wei Liu, Xiaoming Zhang, Weizhen Meng +3
For electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), developing high-performance catalysts without containing precious metals has been a major research focus in the current. Here…
Weyl nodal line induced pairing in Ising superconductor and high critical field
Xiaoming Zhang, Feng Liu
Superconducting and topological states are two quantum phenomena attracting much interest. Their coexistence may lead to topological superconductivity sought-after for Majorana-bas…
Multiple-Fold Fermions and Topological Fermi Arcs Induced Catalytic Enhancement in Nanoporous Electride C12A7
Weizhen Meng, Xiaoming Zhang, Ying Liu +3
Topological materials are recently regarded as the idea catalysts due to the protected surface metallic states and high carrier mobility, however the fundamental mechanism and the…
Ideal fully spin-polarized type-II nodal line state in half-metals X2YZ4 (X=K, Cs, Rb, Y=Cr, Cu, Z=Cl, F)
Tingli He, Xiaoming Zhang, Lirong Wang +4
Lorentz-violating type-II nodal lines exhibit attracting physical properties and have been hot discussed currently. However, their investigations have been mostly limited in nonmag…
Observation of unconventional six-fold, four-fold and three-fold excitations in rare-earth-metal carbide Re2C3
Lei Jin, Ying Liu, Xiaoming Zhang +2
Unconventional fermions, such as three-fold, four-fold, six-fold, and eight-fold fermions have attracted intense attention in recent years. However, the concrete materials hosting…
Fully spin-polarized double-Weyl fermions with type-III dispersion in quasi-one dimensional materials X2RhF6 (X=K, Rb, Cs)
Lei Jin, Xiaoming Zhang, Ying Liu +3
Double-Weyl fermions, as novel topological states of matter, have been mostly discussed in nonmagnetic materials. Here, based on density-functional theory and symmetry analysis, we…
Structure, phase stability, half-metallicity, and fully spin-polarized Weyl states in compound NaV2O4: a new example for topological spintronic material
Tingli He, Xiaoming Zhang, Tie Yang +3
Here, we systematically investigate the structure, phase stability, half-metallicity, and topological electronic structure for a new topological spintronic material NaV2O4. The mat…
Fully spin-polarized nodal chain state in half metal LiVO
Haopeng Zhang, Xiaoming Zhang, Ying Liu +3
Nodal-chain fermions, as novel topological states of matter, have been hotly discussed in non-magnetic materials. Here, by using first-principles calculations and symmetry analysis…
Ferromagnetic hybrid nodal loop and switchable type-I and type-II Weyl fermions in two-dimension
Tingli He, Xiaoming Zhang, Zhi-Ming Yu +4
As a novel type of fermionic state, hybrid nodal loop with the coexistence of both type-I and type- II band crossings has attracted intense research interest. However, it remains a…
Topological Nodal Line Electrides: Realization of Ideal Nodal Line State Nearly Immune from Spin-Orbit Coupling
Xiaoming Zhang, Botao Fu, Lei Jin +3
Nodal line semimetals (NLSs) have attracted broad interest in current research. In most of existing NLSs, the intrinsic properties of nodal lines are greatly destroyed because noda…
Two-dimensional Weyl nodal line semimetal in high Curie temperature d0 ferromagnet K2N monolayer
Lei Jin, Xiaoming Zhang, Ying Liu +4
Nodal line semimetals in two-dimensional (2-D) materials have attracted intense attention currently. From fundamental physics and spintronic applications points of view, high Curie…
Prediction of intrinsic topological superconductivity in Mn-doped GeTe monolayer from first-principles
Xiaoming Zhang, Kyung-Hwan Jin, Jiahao Mao +3
Recent discovery of topological superconductors (TSCs) has sparked enormous interest. Realization of TSC requires a delicate tuning of multiple microscopic parameters, which remain…
First-principles study on the bulk and two-dimensional structures of AMnBi(A =K, Rb, Cs)-family materials
Ziming Zhu, Chunyan Liao, Si Li +6
Magnetic materials with high mobilities are intriguing subject of research from both fundamental and application perspectives. Based on first-principle calculations, we investigate…
Mn2C monolayer: hydrogenation/oxygenation induced strong room-temperature ferromagnetism and potential applications
Xiaoming Zhang, Tingli He, Weizhen Meng +4
Two-dimensional ferromagnetic materials with strong ferromagnetism and high Curie temperature are significantly desired for the applications of nanoscale devices. Here, based on fi…
Superconducting properties in a candidate topological nodal line semimetal SnTaS with a centrosymmetric crystal structure
Dong-Yun Chen, Yuelong Wu, Lei Jin +9
We report the magnetization, electrical resistivity, specific heat measurements and band structure calculations of layered superconductor SnTaS. The experiments are performed o…
Topological Phase with Critical-Type Nodal Line State in Intermetallic CaPd
Guodong Liu, Lei Jin, Xuefang Dai +2
In recent years, realizing new topological phase of matter has been a hot topic in the fields of physics and materials science. Topological semimetals and metals can conventionally…
Two-Dimensional GaN: An Excellent Electrode Material Providing Fast Ion Diffusion and High Storage Capacity for Li-Ion and Na-Ion Batteries
Xiaoming Zhang, Lei Jin, Xuefang Dai +2
Identifying applicable anode materials is a significant task for Li- and Na-ion battery (LIB and NIB) technologies. We propose the GaN monolayer (2D GaN) can be a good anode candid…
The centrosymmetric Li2NaN material: an ideal topological semimetal with critical-type triply degenerate nodal points
Lei Jin, Xiaoming Zhang, Xuefang Dai +3
Triply degenerate band crossing can generate novel triply degenerate nodal point (TDNP) fermions. For the TDNP character to the best manifest in physical properties, it desires tha…
Singlet -wave pairing in quasi-one-dimensional ACrAs (A=K, Rb, Cs) superconductors
Li-Da Zhang, Xiaoming Zhang, Juan-Juan Hao +2
The recent discovery of quasi-one-dimensional Chromium-based superconductivity has generated much excitement. We study in this work the superconducting instabilities of a represent…
Electronic properties of a -conjugated Cairo pentagonal lattice: Direct band gap, ultrahigh carrier mobility and slant Dirac cones
Xiaofei Shao, Xiaobiao Liu, Xinrui Zhao +3
Two-dimensional (2D) lattices composed exclusively of pentagons represent an exceptional structure of materials correlated to the famous pentagonal tiling problem in mathematics, b…
Ideal inner nodal chain semimetals in Li2XY (X = Ca, Ba; Y = Si, Ge) materials
Xiaoming Zhang, Lei Jin, Xuefang Dai +2
The chain-type nodal loops in the reciprocal space can generate exotic nodal chain fermions. Here, we report that Li2XY (X = Ca, Ba; Y = Si, Ge) compounds are ideal inner nodal cha…
Nodal Loop and Nodal Surface States in Ti3Al Family Materials
Xiaoming Zhang, Zhi-Ming Yu, Ziming Zhu +4
Topological metals and semimetals are new states of matter which attract great interest in current research. Here, based on first-principles calculations and symmetry analysis, we…
Hybrid Nodal Loop Metal: Unconventional Magnetoresponse and Material Realization
Xiaoming Zhang, Zhi-Ming Yu, Yunhao Lu +3
A nodal loop is formed by band crossing along a one-dimensional closed manifold, with each point on the loop a linear nodal point in the transverse dimensions and can be classified…