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Dec, 2019

Fermi level tuning of Ag-doped Bi2Se3 topological insulator

Scientific Reports
  • Eri Uesugi
  • Takaki Uchiyama
  • Hidenori Goto
  • Hiromi Ota
  • Teppei Ueno
  • Hirokazu Fujiwara
  • Kensei Terashima
  • Takayoshi Yokoya
  • Fumihiko Matsui
  • Jun Akimitsu
  • Kaya Kobayashi
  • Yoshihiro Kubozono
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Volume
9
Number
1
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.1038/s41598-019-41906-7
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC

The temperature dependence of the resistivity (rho) of Ag-doped Bi2Se3 (AgxBi2-xSe3) shows insulating behavior above 35 K, but below 35 K, rho suddenly decreases with decreasing temperature, in contrast to the metallic behavior for non-doped Bi2Se3 at 1.5-300 K. This significant change in transport properties from metallic behavior clearly shows that the Ag doping of Bi2Se3 can effectively tune the Fermi level downward. The Hall effect measurement shows that carrier is still electron in AgxBi2-xSe3 and the electron density changes with temperature to reasonably explain the transport properties. Furthermore, the positive gating of AgxBi2-xSe3 provides metallic behavior that is similar to that of non-doped Bi2Se3, indicating a successful upward tuning of the Fermi level.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-41906-7
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000462730200009&DestApp=WOS_CPL
URL
http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-41906-7.pdf
URL
http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-41906-7
ID information
  • DOI : 10.1038/s41598-019-41906-7
  • ISSN : 2045-2322
  • eISSN : 2045-2322
  • ORCID - Put Code : 56858966
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000462730200009

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