Spin crossover of the octahedral Co ion in Co3S4: Emergence of hidden magnetism

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It is well established that the ground-state electron configuration of the octahedral Co3+ ion is t(2g)(6)e(g)(0), which corresponds to a low-spin (LS) state. However, we theoretically demonstrate that the octahedral Co3+ ion in Co3S4 prefers a high-spin (HS) state with the t(2g)(4)e(g)(2) configuration, resulting in unusual magnetism. The density-functional theory plus U calculation and ligand-field theory show that weak crystal-field splitting associated with S2- induces a spin crossover from the LS to HS state of the octahedral Co3+ ion along with a weak Jahn-Teller-like elongation, and as a result, a ferromagnetic (FM) metal phase is energetically stabilized. Nevertheless, this phase is significantly more stable than the antiferromagnetic (AFM) phase experimentally reported at low temperature. Furthermore, phonon calculations suggest that the FM metal phase is possibly one of the Co3S4 polymorphs, appearing in the certain experimental growth environment, but it is not expected to appear due to a temperature-dependent transition from the AFM phase. In addition, the Lyons, Kaplan, Dwight, and Menyuk theory shows that this phase is further expected to undergo a phase transition to the frustrated magnetic state. We believe that our work provides insight into magnetism of cobalt compounds and also paves the way to achieve the HS Co3+ by design.
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AMER PHYSICAL SOC
Issue Date
2022-08
Language
English
Article Type
Article
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PHYSICAL REVIEW RESEARCH, v.4, no.3

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2643-1564
DOI
10.1103/physrevresearch.4.033171
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http://hdl.handle.net/10203/298559
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PH-Journal Papers(저널논문)
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