Lin D, Xu HS, Luo J, Huang H, Lu Y, Tang K. A Self-Doped Oxygen-Free High-Critical-Temperature (High-
Tc) Superconductor: SmFFeAs.
Inorg Chem 2019;
58:15401-15409. [PMID:
31674179 DOI:
10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b02464]
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Abstract
A new iron-base superconductor SmFFeAs is synthesized via solid-state metathesis reaction by using SmFCl and LiFeAs as precursors. The compound crystallized in the tetragonal ZrCuSiAs-type structure with the space group P4/nmm and lattice parameters of a = 3.9399(0) Å and c = 8.5034(1) Å. The superconducting diamagnetic transition occurs at 56 K for the parent compound, which confirmed by the resistivity and magnetic susceptibility. The appearance of superconductivity without extrinsic doping could be ascribed to the self-doping owing to the mixed valence of Sm ions. The as-synthesized SmFFeAs serves as a new self-doped parent compound for oxygen-free high-critical-temperature (high-Tc) superconductors.
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