Strain-tunable spin-valley polarization and high thermoelectric performance in a two-dimensional Ca(CoN)2 altermagnet
Annotatsiya
Altermagnets represent a recently discovered class of magnetic materials that combine fully compensated magnetic order with nonrelativistic spin-split electronic bands, enabling unique charge, spin, and valley transport properties. Here, using first-principles calculations, we systematically investigate the structural, electronic, thermoelectric, valleytronic, and piezoelectric properties of monolayer Ca(CoN) 2 . The system is found to be intrinsically altermagnetic and semiconducting with a direct band gap of 0.432 eV and symmetry-protected degenerate valleys at the X and Y points. High carrier mobility and a large Seebeck coefficient (∼1.3 mV K -1 at 300 K) lead to an excellent thermoelectric performance, with a maximum ZT of 1.8 at 500 K under hole doping. Uniaxial strain efficiently lifts the valley degeneracy, generating a sizable spin-valley polarization with a valley splitting of up to 112 meV at 4% strain. Additionally, the monolayer possesses high piezoelectricity having d 31 of 1.18 pm/V. The results show Ca(CoN)2 is a promising multifunctional material. It is suitable for future thermoelectric, valleytronic, and piezo-spintronic applications.
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