铁基超导体中的化学掺杂研究

目前已经发现的绝大部分铁基超导体都是通过化学掺杂而得到的。铁基超导体的母体一般在200K以下经历自旋密度波（SDW）转变：即其基态是一类巡游电子反铁磁不良导体。通过适当的元素替代可以在FeAs层产生额外的电子、空穴、巡游性或化学压力,从而有效地抑制SDW序,实现超导电性。本文侧重作者所在小组的相关研究结果,将铁基超导体中的元素替代研究分为FeAs层外和FeAs层内掺杂两大类,依次介绍和评述两年来国际上对4种主要铁基化合物中的化学掺杂研究进展。     

Upper Critical Fields and Anisotropy of BaFe1.9Ni0.1As2 Single Crystals

Temperature dependence of the upper critical magnetic field （Hc2） near Tc of 20 K in a BaFe1.9 Ni0.1 As2 single crystal is determined via magneto-resistance measurements, for the out-plane （H ⊥ab） and in-plane （H ｜｜ ab） directions in magnetic fields of up to 8 T. The upper critical fields at zero temperature estimated by the Werthamer-Helfand- Hohenberg （WHH） formula are μ0H^｜｜ c2（0） = 137 T and μ0H⊥c2（0） = 51 T, both exceeding the weak-coupling Pauli paramagnetic limit （μ0Hp = 1.84Tc）. However, the WHH formula could overestimate the μ0H^｜｜12（0） value. The anisotropy of upper critical fields is around 3 in the temperature range close to Tc. The result is very similar to the Co-doped 122 superconductor BaFe2-x Cox As2, indicating that electron-doped 122 superconductors exhibit similar superconducting properties.     

铁基铁磁超导体

超导电性与铁磁长程序是两个"敌对"的物质状态。长期以来,探索超导与铁磁共存是十分耐人寻味的课题。文章在回顾半个多世纪以来该课题主要进展的基础上,重点介绍了作者近年来对新型铁基铁磁超导体的发现和发展,最后对这类新材料的进一步研究进行了展望。     

ZrCuSiAs型锰基化合物ThMnSbN中的化学压力效应

采用固相反应法合成了一种Zr Cu Si As型准二维层状锰基化合物Th Mn Sb N.基于X射线粉末衍射的结构精修显示,该化合物属于P4/nmm空间群.其晶胞参数为a=4.1731?, c=9.5160?.电输运测量显示,该化合物电阻率随温度下降缓慢上升,且在16 K附近出现电阻率异常.与此同时,该材料的磁化率在同一温度附近出现异常,显示出类似磁性相变的行为.进一步的比热测量中没有观察到磁相变导致的比热异常.另外,低温下的比热分析显示,该材料的电子比热系数为γ=19.7 m J·mol^–1·K^–2,远高于其他同类锰基化合物.该结果与电输运测量中观察到的低电阻率行为相符,暗示Th Mn Sb N中费米面附近存在可观的电子态密度.基于对一系列Zr Cu Si As型化合物晶体结构细节的比较,分析了含有萤石型Th₂N₂层的系列化合物中导电层所受化学压力的不同作用形式.     

Interplay of superconductivity and d-f correlation in CeFeAs_(1-x)P_xO_(1-y)F_y

The recent discovery of high-temperature superconductivity in iron-based pnictides (chalcogenides) not only triggers tremendous enthusiasm in searching for new superconducting materials, but also opens a new avenue to the study of the Kondo physics. CeFeAsO is a parent compound of the 1111-type iron-based superconductors. It shows 3d-antiferromagnetic (AFM) ordering below ～ 139 K and 4f-AFM ordering below ～ 4 K. On the other hand, the phosphide CeFePO is a ferromagnetically correlated heavy-fermion (HF) metal with Kondo scale T K ～ 10 K. These properties set up a new platform for research of the interplay among magnetism, Kondo effect, and superconductivity (SC). In this review, we present the recent progress in the study of chemical pressure effect in CeFeAsO 1-y F y (y = 0 and 0.05). This P/As-doping in CeFeAsO serves as an effective controlling parameter which leads to two magnetic critical points, x c1 0.4 and x c2 0.92, associated with suppression of 3d and 4f magnetism, respectively. We also observe a turning point of AFM-FM ordering of Ce 3+ moment at x c3 0.37. The SC is absent in the phase diagram, which is attributed to the destruction to Cooper pair by Ce-FM fluctuations in the vicinity of x c1 . We continue to investigate CeFeAs 1-x P x O 0.95 F 0.05 . With the separation of x c1 and x c3 , this chemical pressure results in a broad SC region 0≤ x ≤ 0.53, while the original HF behavior is driven away by 5% F doping. Different roles of P and F dopings are addressed, and the interplay between SC and Ce-4f magnetism is also discussed.     

Crystal chemistry and structural design of iron-based superconductors

The second class of high-temperature superconductors （HTSCs）, iron-based pnictides and chalcogenides, necessarily contain Fe2X2 （＂X＂ refers to a pnictogen or a chalcogen element） layers, just like the first class of HTSCs which possess the essential CuO2 sheets. So far, dozens of iron-based HTSCs, classified into nine groups, have been discovered. In this article, the crystal-chemistry aspects of the known iron-based superconductors are reviewed and summarized by employing ＂hard and soft acids and bases （HSAB）＂ concept. Based on these understandings, we propose an alternative route to exploring new iron-based superconductors via rational structural design.     

Coexistence of Polaronic States and Superconductivity in Iron-Pnictide Compound Ba_2Ti_2Fe_2As_4O

The electronic structure of iron-pnictide compound superconductor Ba_2Ti_2Fe_2As_4O, which has metallic intermediate Ti_2O layers, is studied using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. The Ti-related bands show a‘peak-dip-hump' line shape with two branches of dispersion associated with the polaronic states at temperatures below around 120 K. This change in the spectra occurs along with the resistivity anomaly that was not clearly understood in a previous study. Moreover, an energy gap induced by the superconducting proximity effect opens in the polaronic bands at temperatures below T_c(~21 K). Our study provides the spectroscopic evidence that superconductivity coexists with polarons in the same bands near the Fermi level, which provides a suitable platform to study interactions between charge, lattice and spin freedoms in a correlated system.     

PrBa2Cu3O7中的Pr—O共价因素及其影响

本提出ＰｒＢａ２Ｃｕ３Ｏ７中的Ｐｒ－Ｏ键长的缩短是由于Ｐｒ－Ｏ键含有明显的共价成份，中阐述了这种共价性作用的性质和原因。讨论了这种化学键对ＰｒＢａ２Ｃｕ３Ｏ７电子结构的影响，这性解释了ＰｒＢａ２Ｃｕ３Ｏ６＋ｘ中复杂的反铁磁有序。     

LixNayCoO2的制备和热电性质

用固相反应方法，成功地合成了具有交互生长结构的Li_xNa_yCoO₂单相多晶系列样品. 热电势测量表明，该系统的室温热电势比Na_xCoO₂体系约高出60μV/K. 基于空穴载流子具有O2p特征，提出Li_xNa_yCoO₂中额外的热电势来源于氧空穴的占位熵. 关键词： xNa_yCoO₂')" href="#">Li_xNa_yCoO₂ 热电势 热电材料     

新型交生结构自掺杂铁基超导体

铁基高温超导体的基本结构单元是反萤石型Fe₂X₂层（X为磷族或硫族元素），因此，设计具有Fe₂X₂层的新化合物成为探索铁基超导材料的有效途径.本文在回顾铁基超导体结构特征和基本结构类型的基础上，归纳总结了铁基超导体块层结构设计的基本原则；着重介绍迄今发现的几类具有层状交生（intergrowth）结构的新型自掺杂铁基超导材料.