Yu Jian^1,2, QuanSheng Wu^3,4, Meng Yang⁵, Qi Feng^1,2, Junxi Duan^1,2*, Dongyun Chen^1,2, Qinsheng Wang^1,2, Wende Xiao^1,2, Youguo Shi⁵, Oleg V. Yazyev^3,4*, Yugui Yao^1,2

1 Key laboratory of advanced optoelectronic quantum architecture and measurement (MOE), School of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology, 100081, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

2 Micronano Centre, Beijing Key Lab of Nanophotonics & Ultrafine Optoelectronic Systems, Beijing Institute of Technology, 100081, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

3 Institute of Physics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland

4 National Centre for Computational Design and Discovery of Novel Materials (MARVEL), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland

5 Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

* Corresponding authors emails: junxi.duan@bit.edu.cn, oleg.yazyev@epfl.ch

DOI10.24435/materialscloud:rz-fj [version v1]

Publication date: Jan 09, 2021

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Yu Jian, QuanSheng Wu, Meng Yang, Qi Feng, Junxi Duan, Dongyun Chen, Qinsheng Wang, Wende Xiao, Youguo Shi, Oleg V. Yazyev, Yugui Yao, Transport signatures of temperature-induced chemical potential shift and Lifshitz transition in layered type-II Weyl semimetal TaIrTe4, Materials Cloud Archive 2021.7 (2021), doi: 10.24435/materialscloud:rz-fj.

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Temperature-induced Lifshitz transitions have been identified in several materials. Their chemical potential shows a substantial shift with changing temperature. The common feature of these materials is the coexistence of electron and hole pockets in the vicinity of the chemical potential. Here, we report the observation of temperature-induced chemical potential shift and Lifshitz transition in a layered type-II Weyl semimetal, TaIrTe4. The reversal of the polarity of the Hall resistivity and thermoelectric power (TEP) as the temperature increases clearly signal an appreciable shift of the chemical potential and change of the Fermi surface. It is corroborated by the improving agreement between the experimental TEP and the one calculated with temperature-dependent chemical potential. The complete disappearance of an electron pocket, consistent with the change of the Fermi surface when the chemical potential moves downwards, provides an evident signature of a temperature-induced Lifshitz transition in TaIrTe4.

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TaIrTe4 Lifshitz transition thermoelectric power Weyl semimetal two-channel model chemical potential shift MARVEL CSCS EPFL