Abstract
Based on symmetry analyses and first-principles calculations, we report the predictions of topological fermions and superconductivity in Ni-intercalated transition metal chalcogenide NiTe. The self-intercalation of Ni introduces nonsymmorphic symmetry operations, protecting a pair of Dirac points and three intersecting Dirac nodal lines near Fermi energy level (EF), which generate spin-textured surface states across EF. Moreover, the Ni-intercalation strongly enhances electron–phonon coupling in NiTe and makes it an anisotropic Bardeen–Cooper–Schrieffer superconductor with a full superconducting gap and a critical temperature Tc ∼1.5 K. The coexistence of topological surface states and superconductivity implies that NiTe is a potential material platform for exploring topological superconductivity.
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