Superconductivity in strong spin orbital coupling compound Sb2Se3

Kong, P. P.; Sun, F.; Xing, L. Y.; Zhu, J.; Zhang, S. J.; Li, W. M.; Liu, Q. Q.; Wang, X. C.; Feng, S. M.; Yu, X. H.; Zhu, J. L.; Yu, R. C.; Yang, W. G.; Shen, G. Y.; Zhao, Y. S.; Ahuja, R.; Mao, H. K.; Jin, C. Q.

doi:10.1038/srep06679

Title: Superconductivity in strong spin orbital coupling compound Sb₂Se₃

Journal Article · Mon Oct 20 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Scientific Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/srep06679· OSTI ID:1210799

Kong, P. P. ^[1]; Sun, F. ^[2]; Xing, L. Y. ^[1]; Zhu, J. ^[1]; Zhang, S. J. ^[1]; Li, W. M. ^[1]; Liu, Q. Q. ^[1]; Wang, X. C. ^[1]; Feng, S. M. ^[1]; Yu, X. H. ^[1]; Zhu, J. L. ^[3]; Yu, R. C. ^[1]; Yang, W. G. ^[4]; Shen, G. Y. ^[5]; Zhao, Y. S. ^[3]; Ahuja, R. ^[6]; Mao, H. K. ^[4]; Jin, C. Q. ^[7]

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China)
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China); Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR), Shanghai (China)
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China); Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR), Shanghai (China); Carnegie Inst. of Washington, Argonne, IL (United States)
Carnegie Inst. of Washington, Argonne, IL (United States)
Uppsala Univ., Uppsala (Sweden)
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China); Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing (China)

Recently, A₂B₃ type strong spin orbital coupling compounds such as Bi₂Te₃, Bi₂Se₃ and Sb₂Te₃ were theoretically predicated to be topological insulators and demonstrated through experimental efforts. The counterpart compound Sb₂Se₃ on the other hand was found to be topological trivial, but theoretical studies indicated that the pressure might induce Sb₂Se₃ into a topological nontrivial state. We report on the discovery of superconductivity in Sb₂Se₃ single crystal induced via pressure. Our experiments indicated that Sb₂Se₃ became superconductive at high pressures above 10 GPa proceeded by a pressure induced insulator to metal like transition at ~3 GPa which should be related to the topological quantum transition. The superconducting transition temperature (T_C) increased to around 8.0 K with pressure up to 40 GPa while it keeps ambient structure. As a result, high pressure Raman revealed that new modes appeared around 10 GPa and 20 GPa, respectively, which correspond to occurrence of superconductivity and to the change of T_C slop as the function of high pressure in conjunction with the evolutions of structural parameters at high pressures.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States); Energy Frontier Research in Extreme Environments (EFree), Washington, DC (United States); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS); Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Energy Frontier Research in Extreme Environments (EFree)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0001057; AC02-06CH11357; FG02-99ER45775; NA0001974

OSTI ID:: 1210799

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1212917; OSTI ID: 1221884

Journal Information:: Scientific Reports, Vol. 4; Related Information: EFRC partners with Carnegie Institution of Washington (lead); California Institute of Technology; Colorado School of Mines; Cornell University; Lehigh University; Pennsylvania State University; ISSN 2045-2322

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