Enhanced Manifold of States Achieved in Heterostructures of Iron Selenide and Boron-Doped Graphene

Enhanced superconductivity is sought by employing heterostructures composed of boron-doped graphene and iron selenide. Build-up of a composite manifold of near-degenerate noninteracting states formed by coupling top-of-valence-band states of FeSe to bottom-of-conduction-band states of boron-doped gr...

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Main Authors: Valentina Cantatore, Itai Panas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-10-01
Series:Condensed Matter
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2410-3896/2/4/34
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Summary:Enhanced superconductivity is sought by employing heterostructures composed of boron-doped graphene and iron selenide. Build-up of a composite manifold of near-degenerate noninteracting states formed by coupling top-of-valence-band states of FeSe to bottom-of-conduction-band states of boron-doped graphene is demonstrated. Intra- and intersubsystem excitons are explored by means of density functional theory in order to articulate a normal state from which superconductivity may emerge. The results are discussed in the context of electron correlation in general and multi-band superconductivity in particular.
ISSN:2410-3896