Structures and physical properties of v-based kagome metals csv<sub>6</sub>sb<sub>6</sub> and csv<sub>8</sub>sb<sub>12</sub> *
Qiangwei Yin, Zhijun Tu, Chunsheng Gong, Shangjie Tian, Hechang Lei
Abstract
We report two new members of V-based kagome metals CsV 6 Sb 6 and CsV 8 Sb 12 . The most striking structural feature of CsV 6 Sb 6 is the V kagome bilayers. For CsV 8 Sb 12 , there is an intergrowth of two-dimensional V kagome layers and one-dimensional V chains, and the latter ones lead to the orthorhombic symmetry of this material. Further measurements indicate that these two materials exhibit metallic and Pauli paramagnetic behaviors. More importantly, different from CsV 3 Sb 5 , the charge density wave state and superconductivity do not emerge in CsV 6 Sb 6 and CsV 8 Sb 12 when temperature is above 2 K. Small magnetoresistance with saturation behavior and linear field dependence of Hall resistivity at high field and low temperature suggest that the carriers in both materials should be uncompensated with much different concentrations. The discovery of these two new V-based kagome metals sheds light on the exploration of correlated topological materials based on kagome lattice.