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Persistent Spin-texture and Ferroelectric Polarization in 2D Hybrid Perovskite Benzylammonium Lead-halide
Fanhao Jia1, Shunbo Hu1,2, Shaowen Xu1
1Physics Department, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Special Steel, and International Centre for Quantum and Molecular Structures, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China.
Abstract:
Density functional theory calculations were performed for the electronic and the ferroelectric properties of the bulk and the monolayer benzylammonium lead-halide (BA2PbCl4). Our calculations indicate that both the bulk and monolayer systems display a band gap of ∼3.3 eV (HSE06+SOC) and a spontaneous polarization of ∼5.4 μC/cm2. The similar physical properties of bulk and monolayer systems suggest a strong decoupling among the layers in this hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite. Both the ferroelectricity, through associated structure distortion, and the spin-orbit coupling, through splitting induced in the electronic bands, significantly influence the band gaps. Most importantly, we found for the first time in a two-dimensional hybrid organic-inorganic class of material, a peculiar spin texture topology such as a unidirectional spin-orbit field, which may lead to a protection against spin decoherence.
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