Effect of atomic disorder and Ce doping on superconductivity of Ca3Rh4Sn13 : Electric transport properties under high pressure

Ślebarski, Andrzej; Goraus, Jerzy; Maśka, Maciej M.; Witas, P.; Fijałkowski, M.; Wolowiec, Christian T.; Fang, Yuankan; Maple, Merrill B.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.93.245126

Title: Effect of atomic disorder and Ce doping on superconductivity of ${Ca}_{3} {Rh}_{4} {Sn}_{13}$ : Electric transport properties under high pressure

Journal Article · 13 June 2016 · Physical Review B

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.245126 · OSTI ID:1336813

Ślebarski, Andrzej ^[1]; Goraus, Jerzy ^[2]; Maśka, Maciej M. ^[2]; Witas, P. ^[2]; Fijałkowski, M. ^[2]; Wolowiec, Christian T. ^[3]; Fang, Yuankan ^[4]; Maple, Merrill B. ^[3]

Univ. of Silesia, Katowice (Poland). Inst. of Physics; Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw (Poland). Centre for Advanced Materials and Smart Structures
Univ. of Silesia, Katowice (Poland). Inst. of Physics
Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics
Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics and Materials Science and Engineering Program

We report the observation of a superconducting state below ~ 8 K coexistent with a spin-glass state caused by atomic disorder in Ce substituted Ca₃Rh₄Sn₁₃. Measurements of specifc heat, resistivity, and magnetism reveal the existence of inhomogeneous superconductivity in samples doped with Ce with superconducting critical temperatures Tc higher than those observed in the parent compound. We also argue that the nominally pure stoichiometric Ca₃Rh₄Sn₁₃ material is electronically inhomogeneous at the nanoscale. For Ca₃Rh₄Sn₁₃, the negative value of the change in resistivity p with pressure P, dp/dP correlates well with the calculated decrease in the density of states (DOS) at the Fermi energy with P. Based on band structure calculations performed under pressure, we demonstrate how the change in DOS would affect T_c of Ca₃Rh₄Sn₁₃ under negative lattice pressure in samples that are strongly defected by quenching

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Research Organization:: Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0002909; NA0001841

OSTI ID:: 1336813

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1256993; OSTI ID: 1361229

Journal Information:: Physical Review B, Vol. 93, Issue 24; ISSN 2469-9950

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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