Uniform Patterns of Fe Vacancy Ordering in the Kx(Fe,Co)2-ySe2 Superconductors

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2011-10-04

arxiv.org/abs/1110.0598v1

Chem. Mater. 2011, 23, 4311-4316

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

This document is the unedited author's version of a Submitted Work that was subsequently accepted for publication in Chemistry

Scientific paper

10.1021/cm201203h

The Fe-vacancy ordering patterns in the superconducting KxFe2-ySe2 and non-superconducting Kx(Fe,Co)2-ySe2 samples have been investigated by electron diffraction and high angle annular dark field scanning transmission electron microscopy. The Fe-vacancy ordering occurs in the ab plane of the parent ThCr2Si2-type structure, demonstrating two types of patterns. The superstructure I retains the tetragonal symmetry and can be described with the aI = bI = as{\surd}5 (as is the unit cell parameter of the parent ThCr2Si2-type structure) supercell and I4/m space group. The superstructure II reduces the symmetry to orthorhombic with the aII = as{\surd}2, bII = 2as{\surd}2 supercell and the Ibam space group. This type of superstructure is observed for the first time in KxFe2-ySe2. The Fe-vacancy ordering is inhomogeneous: the disordered areas interleave with the superstructures I and II in the same crystallite. The observed superstructures represent the compositionally-dependent uniform ordering patterns of two species (the Fe atoms and vacancies) on a square lattice. More complex uniform ordered configurations, including compositional stripes, can be predicted for different chemical compositions of the KxFe2-ySe2 (0 < y < 0.5) solid solutions.

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