LiFeAs: An Intrinsic FeAs-based Superconductor with Tc = 18K

Details LiFeAs: An Intrinsic FeAs-based Superconductor with Tc = 18K LiFeAs: An Intrinsic FeAs-based Superconductor with Tc = 18K

2008-07-15

arxiv.org/abs/0807.2274v2

Phys. Rev. B 78, 060505(R) (2008)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

4 pages, 5 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.78.060505

The synthesis and properties of LiFeAs, a high-Tc Fe-based superconducting stoichiometric compound, are reported. Single crystal x-ray studies reveal that it crystallizes in the tetragonal PbFCl type (P4/nmm) with a=3.7914(7) A and c=6.364(2) A. Unlike the known isoelectronic undoped intrinsic FeAs compounds, LiFeAs does not show any spin-density wave behavior but exhibits superconductivity at ambient pressures without chemical doping. It exhibits a respectable transition temperature of Tc=18 K with electronlike carriers and a very high critical field, Hc2(0)>80 T. LiFeAs appears to be the chemical equivalent of the infinite layered compound of the high-Tc cuprates.

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