Enhancement of the superconducting transition temperature of FeSe by intercalation of a molecular spacer layer.
The discovery of high-temperature superconductivity in a layered iron arsenide has led to an intensive search to optimize the superconducting properties of iron-based superconductors by changing the chemical composition of the spacer layer between adjacent anionic iron arsenide layers. Superconducti...
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| author | Burrard-Lucas, M Free, D Sedlmaier, S Wright, J Cassidy, S Hara, Y Corkett, A Lancaster, T Baker, P Blundell, S Clarke, S |
| author_facet | Burrard-Lucas, M Free, D Sedlmaier, S Wright, J Cassidy, S Hara, Y Corkett, A Lancaster, T Baker, P Blundell, S Clarke, S |
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| description | The discovery of high-temperature superconductivity in a layered iron arsenide has led to an intensive search to optimize the superconducting properties of iron-based superconductors by changing the chemical composition of the spacer layer between adjacent anionic iron arsenide layers. Superconductivity has been found in iron arsenides with cationic spacer layers consisting of metal ions (for example, Li(+), Na(+), K(+), Ba(2+)) or PbO- or perovskite-type oxide layers, and also in Fe(1.01)Se (ref. 8) with neutral layers similar in structure to those found in the iron arsenides and no spacer layer. Here we demonstrate the synthesis of Li(x)(NH(2))(y)(NH(3))(1-y)Fe(2)Se(2) (x~0.6; y~0.2), with lithium ions, lithium amide and ammonia acting as the spacer layer between FeSe layers, which exhibits superconductivity at 43(1) K, higher than in any FeSe-derived compound reported so far. We have determined the crystal structure using neutron powder diffraction and used magnetometry and muon-spin rotation data to determine the superconducting properties. This new synthetic route opens up the possibility of further exploitation of related molecular intercalations in this and other systems to greatly optimize the superconducting properties in this family. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:62f43538-c798-4b48-9e26-fba722f9d5042022-03-26T18:09:36ZEnhancement of the superconducting transition temperature of FeSe by intercalation of a molecular spacer layer.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:62f43538-c798-4b48-9e26-fba722f9d504EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2013Burrard-Lucas, MFree, DSedlmaier, SWright, JCassidy, SHara, YCorkett, ALancaster, TBaker, PBlundell, SClarke, SThe discovery of high-temperature superconductivity in a layered iron arsenide has led to an intensive search to optimize the superconducting properties of iron-based superconductors by changing the chemical composition of the spacer layer between adjacent anionic iron arsenide layers. Superconductivity has been found in iron arsenides with cationic spacer layers consisting of metal ions (for example, Li(+), Na(+), K(+), Ba(2+)) or PbO- or perovskite-type oxide layers, and also in Fe(1.01)Se (ref. 8) with neutral layers similar in structure to those found in the iron arsenides and no spacer layer. Here we demonstrate the synthesis of Li(x)(NH(2))(y)(NH(3))(1-y)Fe(2)Se(2) (x~0.6; y~0.2), with lithium ions, lithium amide and ammonia acting as the spacer layer between FeSe layers, which exhibits superconductivity at 43(1) K, higher than in any FeSe-derived compound reported so far. We have determined the crystal structure using neutron powder diffraction and used magnetometry and muon-spin rotation data to determine the superconducting properties. This new synthetic route opens up the possibility of further exploitation of related molecular intercalations in this and other systems to greatly optimize the superconducting properties in this family. |
| spellingShingle | Burrard-Lucas, M Free, D Sedlmaier, S Wright, J Cassidy, S Hara, Y Corkett, A Lancaster, T Baker, P Blundell, S Clarke, S Enhancement of the superconducting transition temperature of FeSe by intercalation of a molecular spacer layer. |
| title | Enhancement of the superconducting transition temperature of FeSe by intercalation of a molecular spacer layer. |
| title_full | Enhancement of the superconducting transition temperature of FeSe by intercalation of a molecular spacer layer. |
| title_fullStr | Enhancement of the superconducting transition temperature of FeSe by intercalation of a molecular spacer layer. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enhancement of the superconducting transition temperature of FeSe by intercalation of a molecular spacer layer. |
| title_short | Enhancement of the superconducting transition temperature of FeSe by intercalation of a molecular spacer layer. |
| title_sort | enhancement of the superconducting transition temperature of fese by intercalation of a molecular spacer layer |
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