# Tuning the electronic and magnetic properties of metal-doped phenanthrene by codoping method

## TL;DR

This study uses first principles calculations to explore how codoping phenanthrene with potassium and barium alters its electronic and magnetic properties, revealing enhanced metallicity and magnetism.

## Contribution

It introduces a systematic first principles investigation of K/Ba codoped phenanthrene, showing how codoping modifies electronic structure and magnetic behavior compared to single doping.

## Key findings

- K/Ba codoping increases electron donation to phenanthrene
- The material exhibits metallic conduction with a two-dimensional Fermi surface
- (KBa)$_1$phenanthrene is a magnetic metal with localized edge spins

## Abstract

By first principles method, we have determined the geometric configuration of K/Ba-codoped phenanthrene based on the formation energy calculations, and systematically investigated its electronic and magnetic properties. There are two bands crossing Fermi energy which mainly result from the LUMO+1 orbitals of two phenanthrene molecules in a unit cell, and the cylinder-like Fermi surface along the ${\Gamma}$-Z direction reflects the two-dimension character of metallic conduction of K/Ba-codoped phenanthrene. Compared to K-doped phenanthrene, K/Ba-codoping can donate more electrons to molecule to modify the electronic structure, while the intercalation of dopants does not result in the large distortion of molecule. (KBa)$_1$phenanthrene is a magnetic metal with the spin moment of 0.32 ${\mu}_B$ per each molecule, and unexpectedly, the spins gather in one edge of molecule rather than a uniform distribution on the whole molecule. Our results demonstrate that codoping of monovalent and bivalent metals is an effective approach to modulate the electronic properties of metal-doped hydrocarbons.