Small exciton effective mass in quintuple-layer Bi2Se2Te : A material platform towards high-temperature excitonic condensate

Using first-principles simulations combined with many-body calculations, we show that two-dimensional free-standing quintuple-layer (QL) Bi₂Se₂Te is an inversion-symmetric monolayer expected to achieve spatially indirect exciton with large exciton radius, small exciton effective mass, and long exciton lifetime. Such system is theoretically predicted to be a promising platform for realizing excitonic Bose-Einstein condensation and superfluid due to its high phase transition temperatures of ~257 and ~64.25 K for the excitonic degeneracy and superfluid, respectively. The importance of spin-orbit coupling is revealed, and the angular momentum selection rules for photon absorption are discussed. This finding suggests the potential of QL Bi₂Se₂Te monolayer with exotic bosonic bound states provides as a tantalizing high-temperature platform to probe excitonic physics.