Superconductivity in the Narrow Gap Semiconductor RbBi11/3Te6

Malliakas, Christos D.; Chung, Duck Young; Claus, Helmut; Kanatzidis, Mercouri G.

doi:10.1021/jacs.6b08732

Title: Superconductivity in the Narrow Gap Semiconductor RbBi_11/3Te₆

Journal Article · Sun Oct 16 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Journal of the American Chemical Society

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b08732· OSTI ID:1352590

Malliakas, Christos D. ^[1]; Chung, Duck Young ^[1]; Claus, Helmut ^[1]; Kanatzidis, Mercouri G. ^[2]

Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Materials Science Division
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Materials Science Division; Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States). Department of Chemistry

Superconductivity was discovered in the layered compound RbBi_11/3Te₆, featuring Bi vacancies and a narrow band gap of 0.25(2) eV at room temperature. In addition, a sharp superconducting transition at similar to 3.2 K was observed in polycrystalline ingots. The superconducting volume fraction of oriented single crystals is almost 100%, confirming bulk superconductivity. Systematic Se and Sb substitutions in RbBi_11/3-ySb_ySe_xTe_6-x, revealed a dependence of the superconducting transition on composition that can increase the T_c up to similar to 10%. The RbBi_11/3Te₆ system is the first member of the new homologous series Rb[Bi_2n+11/3Te_3n+6] with infinite Bi₂Te₃-like layers. Lastly, the large degree of chemical tunability of the electronic structure of the homology via doping and/or substitution gives rise to a new family of superconductors.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

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

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Journal Information:: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 138, Issue 44; ISSN 0002-7863

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