Pressure-driven phase transition from antiferromagnetic semiconductor to nonmagnetic metal in the two-leg ladders ( ; )
Journal Article
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· Physical Review B
- Southeast Univ., Nanjing (China)
- Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
The recent discovery of superconductivity in BaFe2S3 has stimulated considerable interest in 123-type iron chalcogenides. This material is the first reported iron-based two-leg ladder superconductor, as opposed to the prevailing two-dimensional layered structures of the iron superconductor family. Once the hydrostatic pressure exceeds 11 GPa, BaFe2S3 changes from a semiconductor to a superconductor below 24 K. Although previous calculations correctly explained its ground-state magnetic state and electronic structure, the pressure-induced phase transition was not successfully reproduced. In this work, our first-principles calculations show that with increasing pressure the lattice constants as well as local magnetic moments are gradually suppressed, followed by a first-order magnetic transition at a critical pressure, with local magnetic moments dropping to zero suddenly. Our calculations suggest that the self-doping caused by electrons transferred from S to Fe may play a key role in this transition. The development of a nonmagnetic metallic phase at high pressure may pave the way to superconductivity. As extensions of this effort, two other 123-type iron chalcogenides, KFe2S3 and KFe2Se3, have also been investigated. KFe2S3 also displays a first-order transition with increasing pressure, but KFe2Se3 shows instead a second-order or weakly first-order transition. Here, the required pressures for KFe2S3 and KFe2Se3 to quench the magnetism are higher than for BaFe2S3. Further experiments could confirm the predicted first-order nature of the transition in BaFe2S3 and KFe2S3, as well as the possible metallic/superconductivity state in other 123-type iron chalcogenides under high pressure.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 1350943
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1349540
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review B, Journal Name: Physical Review B Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 95; ISSN 2469-9950; ISSN PRBMDO
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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