Superconductivity up to 35 K in the iron-platinum arsenides (CaFe1-xPtxAs)10Pt4-yAs8 with layered structures

Details Superconductivity up to 35 K in the iron-platinum arsenides (CaFe1-xPtxAs)10Pt4-yAs8 with layered structures Superconductivity up to 35 K in the iron-platinum arsenides (CaFe1-xPtxAs)10Pt4-yAs8 with layered structures

2011-07-26

arxiv.org/abs/1107.5320v1

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 9195-9199

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

4 Pages, 5 Figures, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. in press

Scientific paper

10.1002/anie.201104436

We report the synthesis and crystal structures of three new superconducting iron-platinum arsenides (CaFe1-xPtxAs)10Pt4-yAs8 (x = 0-0.15, y = 0-0.4). The structures are stacking variants of FeAs- and slightly puckered Pt4-yAs8-layers with square coordinated platinum separated by calcium-layers, respectively. Arsenic atoms in the Pt4-yAs8-layers form (As2)4- dumbbells according to Zintl's concept, providing charge balance in (Ca2+Fe2+As3-)10(Pt2+)3[(As2)4-]4. Superconductivity was observed at 13-35 K. We suggest that the highest Tc above 30 K occurs in the 1048 phase with clean FeAs-layers that are indirectly electron-doped according to (Ca2+Fe2+As3-)10(Pt2+)4[(As2)4-]4*2e-. We also suggest that the lower critical temperatures occur in the 1038- and a-1048 phases due to Pt-doping at the Fe-site. DFT band structure calculations indicate that the contribution of the Pt4-yAs8-layers to the Fermi surface is small and that the Fermi energy is slightly either below or above a quasi-gap in the Pt-states. The new platinum-iron compounds represent the first iron-based superconductors with so far unknown structure types and can serve as a new platform for further studies that go beyond the known systems.

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