Origin of the Anomalous Electrical Transport Behavior in Fe Intercalated Weyl Semimetal T d -MoTe 2 .

Weyl semimetal T d -MoTe 2 has recently attracted much attention due to its intriguing electronic properties and potential applications in spintronic. Here, Fe intercalated T d -Fe x MoTe 2 single crystals (0 <x < 0.15 ) are grown successfully. The electrical and thermoelectric transport results consistently demonstrate that the phase transition temperature T S is gradually suppressed with increasing x. Theoretical calculation suggests that the increased energy of T d phase, enhanced transition barrier and more occupied bands in 1T' phase are responsible for the suppression in T S . In addition, a ρ∝ -ln T behavior induced by Kondo effect is observed with x ⩾ 0.08, due to the coupling between conduction carriers and the local magnetic moments of intercalated Fe atoms. For T d -Fe 0.15 MoTe 2 , a spin-glass transition occurs at about 10K. The calculated band structure of T d -Fe 0.25 MoTe 2 shows that two flat bands exist near the Fermi level, which are mainly contributed by the d yz and d x 2 - y 2 $d_{x^2-y^2}$ orbitals of Fe atoms. Finally, the electronic phase diagram of T d -Fe x MoTe 2 has been established for the first time. Our work provides a new route to control the structural instability and explore exotic electronic states for transition-metal dichalcogenides. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.