Abstract
Constructing a mixed-dimensional (MD) graphene-based van der Waals heterostructure (vdWH) is a viable technique for opening the bandgap and introducing spin polarization in graphene. In this work, we discovered that the adjacent MnF4 can manipulate the carrier doping, bandgap opening, and spin polarization of graphene in the MD vdWH of graphene/MnF4 comprised of two-dimensional (2D) graphene and one-dimensional atomic wire (1D AW) MnF4. By adopting first-principles calculations, we found that graphene can achieve effective p-type doping with the carrier density up to ∼8.89 × 1013–1.03 × 1014 cm−2. With a twisted angle of θ = 10.89° and the compressed distance of dMn-Gra = 2.84 Å, the opened bandgap of graphene (Eg-Gra) achieves 35 and 57 meV for spin-up and spin-down channels due to the sublattice symmetry-breaking in graphene, and the spin splitting energy (ΔES) at the Dirac point reaches 78.7 meV as a result of the graphene–MnF4 interlayer interaction. Remarkably, Eg-Gra is increased to 64 and 79 meV for spin-up and spin-down channels, and ΔES with 202.7 meV is obtained at dMn-Gra = 2.84 Å when the width of 1D MnF4 is doubled. Meanwhile, the n-type Ohmic contact is also realized. Our work underscores the rich interplay in the graphene/MnF4 MD vdWH and provides a significant route with fundamental insights to engineer the spintronic band properties of graphene.
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