Giant Topological Nontrivial Band Gaps in Chloridized Gallium Bismuthide

Abstract

Quantum spin Hall (QSH) effect is promising for achieving dissipationless transport devices but presently is achieved only at extremely low temperature. Searching for the large-gap QSH insulators with strong spin–orbit coupling (SOC) is the key to increase the operating temperature. We demonstrate theoretically that this can be solved in the chloridized gallium bismuthide (GaBiCl₂) monolayer, which has nontrivial gaps of 0.95 eV at the Γ point, and 0.65 eV for bulk, as well as gapless edge states in the nanoribbon structures. The nontrivial gaps due to the band inversion and SOC are robust against external strain. The realization of the GaBiCl₂ monolayer will be beneficial for achieving QSH effect and related applications at high temperatures