Research Progress on Fabrication and Chemical Doping of 122-type Iron-based Single Crystal Superconductors

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Chinese Journal of Materials Research

2024, Vol. 38

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Research Progress on Fabrication and Chemical Doping of 122-type Iron-based Single Crystal Superconductors

YU Qihang¹, YANG Fang¹(

), LIU Jixing², HE Yixuan¹, ZHANG Shengnan², YAN Guo¹^,³, ZHANG Pingxiang¹^,²

^1.Institute of Superconducting Materials and Applied Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China
^2.Northwest Institute for Nonferrous Metal Research, Xi'an 710016, China
^3.Xi'an Juneng Medical Engineering Technologies Co., Ltd., Xi'an 710028, China

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YU Qihang, YANG Fang, LIU Jixing, HE Yixuan, ZHANG Shengnan, YAN Guo, ZHANG Pingxiang. Research Progress on Fabrication and Chemical Doping of 122-type Iron-based Single Crystal Superconductors. Chinese Journal of Materials Research, 2024, 38(5): 321-329.

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Abstract

The discovery of iron-based superconductors has offered a new material family for exploring the mechanism of high-temperature superconductivity. 122-type iron-based superconductors has been widely studied by various researchers due to the easy fabrication for the parent compounds of 122-type iron arsenic matrix of high-quality single crystals of large-size. However, which do not intrinsically exhibit superconductivity. Generally, superconductivity is induced through chemical doping to introduce electrons, holes or chemical pressure in these compounds. This paper summarizes several fabrication methods on the single crystals of 122-type iron-based superconductors, including the flux method, Bridgman method, and optical floating zone method. The related research progress of these crystal growth methods are also reviewed. Besides, the recent rsearch progress related with chemical dopingof 122 iron arsenic superconductors, such aselectron doping, hole doping and isovalent doping etc. is also summerized.

Key words: review iron-based superconductor single crystal preparation method chemical doping

Received: 25 June 2023

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Fund: National Key Research and Development Program of China(2021YFB3800200);National Natural Science Foundation of China(52372259);Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by CAST(2022QNRC001)

Corresponding Authors: YANG Fang, Tel: 18991255975, E-mail: yangfang@nwpu.edu.cn

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Fig.1 Crystal structure of iron-based superconductors (a) 11-type, (b) 111-type, (c) 122-type, (d) 1111-type, in which Ae and Ln represent alkali earth and lanthanide, respectively^[3]

Fig.2 X-ray diffraction patterns at room temperature for Ca_{1 -}_x Na _x Fe₂As₂ single crystals^[27] (a) and (008) peaks for various compositions of BaFe₂(As_{1 -}_x P _x)₂^[28] (b)

Fig.3 A schematic drawing of the apparatus used to grow single crystals of BaFe_1.87Co_0.13As₂ (a) and BaFe_1.87Co_0.13As₂ superconducting single crystals with size up to 20 mm × 10 mm × 2 mm^[32] (b)

Fig.4 X-ray diffraction pattern at room temperature of the Ba_0.6K_0.4Fe₂As₂ superconducting single crystals (a) and the BaFe_{2 -}_x Co _x As₂ superconducting single crystals^[35] (b)

Fig.5 Ba122 superconducting single crystals located below the ingot grown using the Bridgman method^[36]. (a) and some examples of Ba(Fe_{1 -}_x Co _x)₂As₂ superconducting single crystals grown using the Bridgman technique^[37] (b)

Fig.6 Sealed double-wall ampoule used for crystal growth (a) andelemental distribution maps of Cs, Fe and Se collected with micro-XRF measurements from different regions of the Cs _x Fe_{2 -}_y Se₂ superconducting crystals^[38] (b)

Fig.7 K _x Fe_{2 -}_y Se₂ superconducting single crystals grow-th process^[41]

Fig.8 SC phase diagram for Ba(Fe_{1 -}_x Co _x)₂As₂ single crystals for x < 0.12^[46]

Fig.9 SC phase diagram of Ca_{1 -}_x Na _x Fe₂As₂^[54]

Fig.10 SC phase diagram of BaFe₂(As_{1 -}_x P _x)₂^[58]

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