Magnetic properties of intercalated quasi-2D Fe3-xGeTe2 van der Waals magnet

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Among several well-known transition metal-based compounds, cleavable van der Waals (vdW) Fe3-xGeTe2 (FGT) magnet is a strong candidate for use in two-dimensional (2D) magnetic devices due to its strong perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, sizeable Curie temperature (TC ~154 K), and versatile magnetic character that is retained in the low-dimensional limit. While the TC remains far too low for practical applications, there has been a successful push toward improving it via external driving forces such as pressure, irradiation, and doping. Here we present experimental evidence of a room temperature (RT) ferromagnetic phase induced by the electrochemical intercalation of common tetrabutylammonium cations (TBA+) into quasi-2D FGT. We obtained Curie temperatures as high as 350 K with chemical and physical stability of the intercalated compound. The temperature-dependent Raman measurements, in combination with vdW-corrected ab initio calculations, suggest that charge transfer (electron doping) upon intercalation could lead to the observation of RT ferromagnetism. This work demonstrates that molecular intercalation is a viable route in realizing high-temperature vdW magnets in an inexpensive and reliable manner, and has the potential to be extended to bilayer and few-layer vdW magnets.

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Iturriaga, H., Martinez, L. M., Mai, T. T., Biacchi, A. J., Augustin, M., Hight Walker, A. R., … Singamaneni, S. R. (2023). Magnetic properties of intercalated quasi-2D Fe3-xGeTe2 van der Waals magnet. Npj 2D Materials and Applications, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41699-023-00417-w

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