Abstract
TaTe4, a metallic charge-density wave (CDW) material discovered decades ago, has attracted renewed attention due to its rich interesting properties, such as pressure-induced superconductivity and candidate nontrivial topological phase. Here, using high-resolution angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and ab initio calculation, we systematically investigate the electronic structure of TaTe4. At 26 K, we observe a CDW gap as large as 290 meV, which persists up to 500 K. The CDW-modulated band structure shows a complex reconstruction that closely correlates with the lattice distortion. Inside the CDW gap, there exist highly dispersive energy bands contributing to the remnant Fermi surface and metallic behavior in the CDW state. Interestingly, our ab initio calculation reveals that the large CDW gap mainly opens in the electronic states with out-of-plane orbital components, while the in-gap metallic states originate from in-plane orbitals, suggesting an orbital texture that couples with the CDW order. Our results shed light on the interplay between electron, lattice, and orbital in quasi-one-dimensional CDW materials.
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Introduction
Charge density waves (CDWs), long-range order of electron density on the positive background of periodic lattice distortion (PLD), have been discovered and extensively studied for decades1,2,3. While CDWs have been widely observed and suggested to be closely related to many intriguing emergent phenomena, such as high-temperature superconductors in cuprates4, heavy fermion behavior5, and topological quantum states6,7,8, the mechanism of the CDW transition is still under debate and seems to be materials-dependent9,10,11,12,13. As originally proposed by Peierls, the perfect Fermi surface (FS) nesting in one-dimensional metallic systems induces a divergence in the electronic response function and enhances the electronic screening of the phonons with the momentum of twice the electron Fermi momentum, which facilitates the formation of PLD and CDW. In real materials, however, this picture has been challenged since the FS nesting is usually imperfect and incapable to drive the lattice distortion12. In some systems, such as the Luttinger liquid materials, CDW can also emerge with strongly suppressed electronic states near the Fermi level (EF)9,14,15,16. Alternatively, a scenario of momentum-dependent electron-phonon coupling was proposed to play a vital role in the formation of CDWs12,17.
In addition, the orbital degree of freedom is also involved in the CDW ordering in many two-dimensional CDW materials18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25. On the one hand, complex orbital texture has been shown to intertwine with the CDWs in different materials22,26. On the other hand, the orbital hybridization and ordering can strongly modulate the electronic states near EF, thus affecting or driving the CDW formation. For example, in the monolayer TiTe2, the selective hybridization between orbitals can greatly save the total energy of the system and favor the CDW transition21. Recently, orbital hybridization is likewise shown to be able to drive the CDW transition in the kagome material CsV3Sb527,28. It is therefore of paramount importance to investigate the interplay between electron, orbital, and lattice in the CDW ordered states for a comprehensive picture of CDW transitions.
Transition metal tetrachalcogenide TaTe4 is a prototypical quasi-one-dimensional (Q1D) CDW material discovered in the 1960s29,30,31,32,33,34,35. Recently, it attracts renewed research interests due to its rich intriguing properties such as superconductivity under high pressure36, nontrivial topological properties34,37,38, and large anisotropic magnetoresistance37,38. After extensive studies, however, there are still mysteries in the CDW properties of TaTe4. Firstly, TaTe4 shows metallic behavior in the CDW state, despite a large CDW gap of about 300 meV observed by optical conductivity and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) measurements31. Secondly, although TaTe4 exhibits a Q1D crystal structure, no Q1D band dispersion was directly observed in previous ARPES measurements31. Thirdly, the mechanism of the CDW transition in TaTe4 is still elusive: while the FS nesting is excluded by recent calculations of the electronic structure, it is still under debate whether the softened phonon modes originate from strong electron-phonon coupling or structural optimization35,39. Moreover, the surface CDW modulation is sensitive to the external magnetic field, suggesting a complex interplay between different degrees of freedom in the CDW ordering32.
In this work, we study the electronic structure of TaTe4 and its evolution using high-resolution ARPES. At low temperatures, we observe a CDW gap of about 290 meV, much larger than the mean-field estimation of 3.5 kBTc, where Tc is the CDW transition temperature of TaTe4. Inside the CDW gap, we observe dispersive bands forming Q1D FS sheets and accounting for the metallic behavior in the CDW state. Our ab initio calculation confirms the irrelevance of FS nesting in the CDW transition, consistent with previous results. Moreover, the large CDW gap selectively opens in the electronic states of out-of-ab-plane orbital components, while the in-gap band dispersions of in-ab-plane orbital components show weak reconstruction, suggesting an intriguing orbital-selective CDW formation in TaTe4. Our results provide important insights into the interplay between electron, lattice, and orbital degrees of freedom in the CDW state of Q1D TaTe4.
Results
Basic properties of TaTe4
TaTe4 crystallizes in a tetragonal structure with P4/mcc space group in the normal state39. Each Ta atom is coordinated with eight Te atoms, forming Q1D chains of face-sharing square antiprisms along the c direction, as schematically shown in Fig. 1a. With decreasing temperature, the system first enters a \(\sqrt{2}a\times \sqrt{2}a\times 3c\) CDW state, then a \(2a\times 2a\times 3c\) commensurate CDW (CCDW) state below \({T}_{{\rm{CCDW}}}\approx 450\,{\rm{K}}\) (Fig. 1b)30,40,41. The CCDW transition is manifested in the magnetic susceptibility measurement in Fig. 1c, where we observe an anomaly in the slope of the χ-T curve near 450 K. Figure 1d shows the Raman scattering data at selected temperatures. With increasing temperature, most of the Raman peaks shift toward lower energies. We noted that the peak at about 58 cm−1 (marked by the black arrow) shows a minor shift but a significant reduction of its intensity (about 80%), which may be related to the CCDW transition (Supplementary Note 1). Figure 1e, f show the ab initio calculations of the band structure of TaTe4 in the normal state without and with the spin-orbit coupling (SOC) effect. SOC exerts a strong influence on the electronic structure by opening large gaps at the band crossings along Γ-X-M-Γ as shown in Fig. 1f. The Fermi momenta of the energy bands, however, are far from the CDW wavevector, as exemplified by the black arrow along ΓZ in the inset of Fig. 1f. Even after the calculated chemical potential is aligned to the experimental value (Supplementary Note 4), the theoretical Fermi momenta are still different from the CDW wavevector, confirming the irrelevance of the FS nesting in the CDW transition12.
Figure 2 shows the calculated and ARPES-measured FS of TaTe4. In the normal state, we reveal three FS sheets: a warped Q1D open FS (blue sheets in Fig. 2a) and two 3D closed pockets around the M and A points (green sheets in Fig. 2a). To better compare with the experiments, Fig. 2b shows the overlaid FS in the ΓZRX and XRAM planes. In the 2 × 2 × 3 CCDW state, the FS shows a drastic reconstruction. We observe four FS sheets in the Brillouin zone of the CCDW state (Fig. 2c). The green open FS sheet is nearly dispersionless along kz, which may be important for the intriguing magnetotransport properties of TaTe437,38. Figure 2d shows the 2D plot of the FS in the CCDW state in the γzrx plane.
Since the sample is cleaved along the (010) plane as shown in Fig. 1a, ARPES measurement is conducted in the kx-kz plane. Figure 2e presents the measured FS with a large electron pocket at the \(\bar{X}\) point and quasi-1D FS sheets along kx. Both Fermi surface sheets are captured by the calculation despite the differences in the fine details. It is worth noting that the band structure along ΓX can also be measured by photon-energy-dependent experiments due to the tetragonal crystal structure. Figure 2f presents the FS measured along ky. We observe a clear reconstruction of the Q1D FS sheets along kz (due to the weak intensity at EF, we show the data at 150 meV below EF) within the expectation of the 3-fold band folding along kz (Supplementary Note 5). The folding of the in-gap states induces eye-shape features in the kx-kz map, which can be better visualized in the constant-energy-contours at higher binding energies (Supplementary Note 3)42.
Band reconstruction with the CDW formation
Figure 3a shows the measured band dispersions along \(\bar{\Gamma }\bar{Z}\). Consistent with the previous measurement31, we observe a large gap of about 290 meV and multiple dispersive bands in the high binding energies (also see Supplementary Notes 6, 7). Besides, there exist noticeable features with weak intensity in the large CDW gap. In the zoom-in plot of ARPES spectra in the CDW gap region (Fig. 3b), we reveal highly dispersive bands crossing EF, which contribute to the FS in the CCDW state and account for the metallic transport behavior of the system at low temperatures31. To investigate the interplay between the electronic reconstruction and lattice distortion, we calculate the electronic structure of TaTe4 along \(\Gamma Z\) with different PLD magnitudes as shown in Fig. 3c–f. With the development of the lattice distortion, the folded bands hybridize with the original bands and the CDW gap gradually increases. At 100% PLD distortion level (corresponding to experimental lattice distortion), the CDW gap is as large as 300 meV, in good agreement with our experiment. Moreover, the in-gap states are well captured by the calculation (Fig. 3b). By comparing the measured and calculated band structures, we reveal clear evidence for the band reconstruction due to CDW superstructure along the c direction (Supplementary Note 2).
Orbital-selective CDW gap formation
We notice that the magnitude of the CDW gap varies in different bands. For example, in Fig. 3c, the α band (highlighted by yellow thick lines in Fig. 3d–f) is much more sensitive to the lattice distortion than the β band (highlighted by green thick lines). To understand this difference, we calculate the orbital-projected band structure of TaTe4 in Fig. 4. As shown in Fig. 4a, b, along the ΓZ direction, the α (β) band in the normal state mainly consists of out-of-ab-plane (in-ab-plane) Ta 5\({d}_{{{\rm{z}}}^{2}}\) (5\({d}_{{{\rm{x}}}^{2}-{{\rm{y}}}^{2}}\)) orbital hybridized with Te \(5{p}_{{\rm{z}}}\) (\(5{p}_{{\rm{x}}/{\rm{y}}}\)) orbital. In the CCDW state, the \({d}_{{{\rm{z}}}^{2}}\) orbital components are strongly affected by opening a large CDW gap, while the \({d}_{{{\rm{x}}}^{2}-{{\rm{y}}}^{2}}\) orbital components show weak change. Along other momentum directions, the \({d}_{{{\rm{x}}}^{2}-{{\rm{y}}}^{2}}\) orbitals are likewise highly dispersive and contribute to band dispersions crossing EF (Fig. 4c, d), while the global orbital-selective CDW gap induces narrow bands (bandwidth ~200 meV) with \({d}_{{{\rm{z}}}^{2}}\) orbitals. Such an orbital-dependent reconstruction of the electronic structure with CDW ordering resembles the orbital texture in the CCDW state of 1T-TaSe222, suggesting an intriguing interplay between charge, lattice, and orbital degrees of freedom in TaTe4.
Discussions
Our experiment and calculation suggest that the FS nesting is irrelevant in the CDW transition of TaTe4. Firstly, the Fermi momenta of the calculated and experimental band structure deviate from the CDW wavevector along kz. Secondly, we observe a reduced CDW gap of \(\frac{2\Delta }{{k}_{{\rm{B}}}{T}_{{\rm{CCDW}}}}\approx 15\), which is much larger than the mean-field estimation, evincing a strong-coupling nature of the CDW (even with the highest reported CCDW transition temperature of 650 K43, the reduced gap is still much larger than 3.5). Correspondingly, the distortion of Ta atoms is about 6.6% of the lattice constant44, similar to that in 1T-TaS2, a well-known strong-coupling CDW material45. Thirdly, previous calculations of the phonon spectrum revealed a broad phonon softening, which was understood by the strong electron-phonon interaction instead of Fermi surface nesting39. The phonon frequencies decrease in a broad momentum range and drop to minus values around \({\vec{{\bf{q}}}}_{{\rm{CDW}}}\)39 similar to the situation in NbSe246 and monolayer VTe217 where the CDW transition is explained by a momentum-dependent electron-phonon coupling model17,46,47.
On the other hand, while CDW is an electron-phonon intertwined state, other degrees of freedom such as orbital and spin can be deeply involved by modulating the electronic states near EF23,48,49,50. In TaTe4, due to the Q1D crystal structure, the lattice distortion is highly anisotropic. In the CCDW state at low temperatures, the Ta-Te bonds expand by about 2.8% and the Ta-Ta distance remains unchanged. By contrast, the displacement of Ta atoms is as large as 6.6% of c along the z axis44. This anisotropic lattice distortion provides a structural basis for the strong interaction between the \({d}_{{{\rm{z}}}^{2}}\) orbital-derived electronic states. The interplay between electron, lattice, and orbital results in the intriguing orbital-selective CDW state with metallic in-gap states, which provides an interesting platform to explore the orbital-selective transport properties or orbitronics.
In summary, our results show that the metallic properties of CDW ordering in TaTe4 originate from dispersive in-gap states. We reveal an orbital-selective formation of the CDW gap, suggesting a complex interplay between electron, lattice, and orbital degrees of freedom in the CDW transition of TaTe4.
Methods
Sample preparation
High-quality TaTe4 single crystals were synthesized by the self-flux method using tellurium flux. Tantalum (99.9%, Aladdin Chemicals) and tellurium (99.999%, Aladdin Chemicals) powders were mixed in the molar ratio of Ta: Te = 1: 30 and placed into an alumina crucible. Under a vacuum lower than 10−4 Pa, the crucible is sealed into a quartz tube and heated slowly up to 1000 °C within 15 h. The temperature was kept at 1000 °C for around 20 h so that the two substances fully react. After cooling the system uniformly down to 550 °C, the quartz tube was quickly transferred to a centrifuge to separate the excess tellurium. We examine the crystalline phase and sample qualities by Bruker D8 VENTURE single crystal diffractometer utilizing Mo Kα1 radiation with wavelength of 0.7093 Å.
ARPES measurements
High-resolution ARPES experiments were performed at beamline 9 A of Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center (HSRC) and beamline I05 of Diamond Light Source (DLS)51 using Scienta R4000 analyzers. ARPES measurements above 400 K were conducted at Peking University using a Scienta DA30L analyzer and a helium discharge lamp. The convolved energy and angular resolutions were 15 meV and 0.2°, respectively. The samples were cleaved in situ and measured under ultrahigh vacuum below 1 × 10−10 mbar.
Band structure calculations
The distortion-dependent band structures were calculated using Vienna Ab initio Software Package (VASP)52. The atom core electrons were described by the projector augmented wave (PAW) method53,54. The Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof (PBE) functional55 was used to treat the electronic exchange-correlation. The plane-wave energy cut-off was set to be 350 eV. The reciprocal space was sampled with a Monkhorst-Pack grid 8 × 8 × 8 for the normal state unit-cell and a grid 3 × 3 × 2 for 2a × 2a × 3c supercell. The cut-off energy and Monkhorst-pack grids were converged to produce reliable electronic structures. The atomic structure was relaxed until the force on each atom is smaller than 0.01 eV/A. We have used the van der Waals correction56 and spin-orbit coupling correction for the density-functional-theory calculations.
The orbital-projected band structures were calculated using QUANTUM ESPRESSO package57 with a plane wave basis. The exchange-correlation energies were considered under Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof (PBE) type generalized gradient approximation (GGA)55. Both cases of excluding and including spin-orbit coupling were considered. The cutoff energy for the plane-wave basis was set to 400 eV. A Γ-centred Monkhorst-Pack k-point mesh of 7 × 7 × 7 was adopted for a self-consistent charge density.
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 12274251), and the National Key R&D program of China (Grants No. 2022YFA1403201 and 2022YFA1403100). L.X.Y. acknowledges the support from the Tsinghua University Initiative Scientific Research Program and the Fund of Science and Technology on Surface Physics and Chemistry Laboratory (No. XKFZ202102). Y.L.C. acknowledges the support from the Oxford-ShanghaiTech collaboration project and the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major Project (grant 2018SHZDZX02). Y.F.G. acknowledges the Double First-Class Initiative Fund of ShanghaiTech University. We thank Diamond Light Source for access to beamline I05 (Proposal number SI20683-1) that contributed to the results presented here. ARPES experiments at the Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center (HiSOR), Hiroshima University were done under Proposal No. 18BG051. We thank N-BARD, Hiroshima University, for supplying the liquid helium.
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L.X.Y. and Y.L.C. conceived and supervised the experiments. R.Z.X. carried out the ARPES experiments and corresponding analysis with the assistance of X.D., J.S.Z., X.G., Q.Q.Z., Y.D.L., W.X.Z., M.A., K.S., T.K.K., C.C., Z.K.L. X.D. performed the ab initio calculations with the assistance of F.W.Z. Y.F.G provided high-quality single crystal samples. R.Z.X. wrote the first draft of the paper. L.X.Y., Z.K.L. and Y.L.C contributed the revision of the manuscript. R.Z.X and X.D. contributed to this work equally. All authors contributed to the scientific planning and discussions.
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Xu, R.Z., Du, X., Zhou, J.S. et al. Orbital-selective charge-density wave in TaTe4. npj Quantum Mater. 8, 44 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41535-023-00573-8
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