Interstitial Iron Controlled Superconductivity in Fe1+xTe0.7Se0.3

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2010-12-02

arxiv.org/abs/1012.0590v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

Scientific paper

10.1039/C1SC00114K

The superconducting series, Fe(Te,Se), has a complex structural and magnetic phase diagram that is dependent on composition and occupancy of a secondary interstitial Fe site. In this letter, we show that superconductivity in Fe1+xTe0.7Se0.3 can be enhanced by topotactic deintercalation of the interstitial iron, demonstrating the competing roles of the two iron sites. Neutron diffraction reveals a flattening of the Fe(Te,Se)4 tetrahedron on Fe removal of iron and an increase in negative thermal expansion within the ab plane that correlates with increased lattice strain. Inelastic neutron scattering shows that a gapped excitation at 6 meV, evolves into gapless paramagnetic scattering with increasing iron; similar to the fluctuations observed for non-superconducting Fe1+xTe itself.

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