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Research Article | Open Access

Influence of structural defects on charge density waves in 1T-TaS2

Iaroslav Lutsyk1, Karol Szalowski1( ), Pawel Krukowski1, Pawel Dabrowski1, Maciej Rogala1, Witold Kozlowski1, Maxime Le Ster1, Michal Piskorski1, Dorota A. Kowalczyk1, Wojciech Rys1, Rafal Dunal1, Aleksandra Nadolska1, Klaudia Toczek1, Przemyslaw Przybysz1, Ewa Lacinska2, Johannes Binder2, Andrzej Wysmolek2, Natalia Olszowska3,4, Jacek J. Kolodziej3,4, Martin Gmitra5,6, Takuma Hattori7, Yuji Kuwahara7, Guang Bian8, Tai-Chang Chiang9, Pawel J. Kowalczyk1( )
Faculty of Physics and Applied Informatics, University of Lodz, Pomorska 149/153, 90-236 Lodz, Poland
Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 5, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
Faculty of Physics, Astronomy, and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Lojasiewicza 11, 30-348 Krakow, Poland
National Synchrotron Radiation Centre SOLARIS, Jagiellonian University, Czerwone Maki 98, 30-392 Kraków, Poland
Institute of Physics, Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Park Angelinum 9, 040 01 Košice, Slovakia
Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Watsonova 47, 040 01 Košice, Slovakia
Department of Precision Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Japan
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA
Department of Physics and Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801-3080, USA
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The influence of intrinsic defects of 1T-TaS2 on charge density waves (CDWs) is studied using scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy (STM, STS), angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy (ARPES), and density functional theory (DFT).

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The influence of intrinsic defects of 1T-TaS2 on charge density waves (CDWs) is studied using scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy (STM, STS), angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy (ARPES), and density functional theory (DFT). We identify several types of structural defects and find that most have a local character limited to a single CDW site, with a single exception which effectively behaves as a dopant, leading to band-bending and affecting multiple neighboring sites. While only one type of defect can be observed by STM topographic imaging, all defects are easily resolved in STS mapping. Our results indicate modulation of the Mott band gap commensurate with the CDW and breaking of the three-fold symmetry of electronic states. DFT calculations (with included Coulomb interactions) are used to investigate the electronic structure, focusing on both sulfur vacancy and oxygen-sulfur substitution. The sulfur vacancy system, characterized with a metallic behavior, is identified as the origin of one of the experimentally observed defects. Additionally, the effect of oxidation of 1T-TaS2 depends on the substitution site, leading to the heterogeneity of electronic properties.

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Nano Research
Volume 16 Issue 8,
August 2023
Pages 11528-11539
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-023-5876-7
Cite this article:
Lutsyk I, Szalowski K, Krukowski P, et al. Influence of structural defects on charge density waves in 1T-TaS2. Nano Research, 2023, 16(8): 11528-11539. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-023-5876-7
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Crystal defectsElectronic states Narrow band gap semiconductors Photoelectron spectroscopyScanning tunneling microscopyScanning tunneling microscopySpin orbit couplingSurface defects

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Received: 18 March 2023
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