Tc of 11K Identified for the Third Polymorph of the (BEDT-TTF)(BEDT-TTF){<_2}Ag(CF{<_3}){<_4}(TCE) Organic Superconductor.
- Materials Science Division
The crystal structure of the third polymorph of the organic superconductor (BEDT-TTF){sub 2}Ag(CF{sub 3}){sub 4}(TCE), where BEDT-TTF is bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalene and TCE is 1,1,2-trichloroethane, has been investigated. The crystal consists of alternating stacks of two types of donor sheets, {Kappa}- and {alpha}-types. Although this structure is similar to the previously solved two-layered high-T{sub c} phase of (BEDT-TTF){sub 2}Ag(CF{sub 3}){sub 4}(TCE), the axis perpendicular to the conducting layer of the unit cell of the new phase is twice as large as that of the two-layered phase; thus, four layers form the repeating unit. Superconductivity is attributed to the {Kappa}-type conducting layer, because the {alpha}-type conducting layer is in an acentric charge-ordered state. The onset superconducting transition temperatures are approximately 11.0 and 9.5 K for the four-layered and two-layered phases, respectively.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC02-06CH11357
- OSTI ID:
- 1041375
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/MSD/JA-71166; JUPSAU; TRN: US201211%%538
- Journal Information:
- Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, Vol. 81, Issue 2; ISSN 0031-9015
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- ENGLISH
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