Metastable 11 K Superconductor Na(1-y)Fe(2-x)As(2) |
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Authors: | Gina M Friederichs Inga Schellenberg Rainer Pöttgen Viola Duppel Lorenz Kienle Jörn Schmedt Auf der Günne Dirk Johrendt |
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Affiliation: | Department Chemie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universti?t München , Butenandtstrasse 5-13 (D), 81377 München, Germany. |
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Abstract: | The topochemical deintercalation of Na(+) ions from solid NaFeAs at room temperature in THF with iodine yields the superconducting phase Na(1-y)Fe(2-x)As(2) (T(c) ≈ 11 K). This metastable iron arsenide decomposes at 120 °C and is not accessible by high-temperature solid-state synthesis. X-ray powder diffraction confirms the ThCr(2)Si(2)-type structure, but reveals very small coherently scattering domains with a mean composition Na(0.9(2))Fe(1.7(1))As(2). HRTEM investigations show crystalline as well as strongly distorted areas with planar defects. The latter are probably due to sodium loss and disorder which is also detected by (23)Na solid state NMR. The (57)Fe-M?ssbauer spectrum of Na(1-y)Fe(2-x)As(2) shows one type of iron atoms in tetrahedral coordination. All results point to one crystallographic phase with very small domains due to fluctuations of the chemical composition. From electronic reasons we suggest the superconducting phase is presumably NaFe(2)As(2) in the ordered fractions of the sample. |
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