High-Temperature Excitonic Condensation in 2D Lattice

Exploration of high-temperature bosonic condensation is of significant importance for the fundamental many-body physics and applications in nanodevices, which, however, remains a huge challenge. Here, in combination of many-body perturbation theory and first-principles calculations, a new-type spatially indirect exciton can be optically generated in two-dimensional (2D) Bi₂S₂Te because of its unique structure feature. In particular, the spin-singlet spatially indirect excitons in Bi₂S₂Te monolayer are dipole/parity allowed and reveal befitting characteristics for excitonic condensation, such as small effective mass and satisfied dilute limitation. Based on the layered Bi₂S₂Te, the possibility of the high-temperature excitonic Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) and superfluid state in two dimensions, which goes beyond the current paradigms in both experiment and theory, are proved. It should be highlighted that record-high phase transition temperatures of 289.7 and 72.4 K can be theoretically predicted for the excitonic BEC and superfluidity in the atomic thin Bi₂S₂Te, respectively. It therefore can be confirmed that Bi₂S₂Te featuring bound bosonic states is a fascinating 2D platform for exploring the high-temperature excitonic condensation and applications in such as quantum computing and dissipationless nanodevices.