Structural Difference in Superconductive and Nonsuperconductive Bi-S Planes within Bi4O4Bi2S4 Blocks
Structural Difference in Superconductive and Nonsuperconductive Bi-S Planes within Bi4O4Bi2S4 Blocks
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Bi4O4Bi2S4 块内超导和非超导 Bi-S 平面的结构差异
DOI:
10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b01919
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发表时间:
2015
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
Kiyoharu Tadanaga
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作者:
Akira Miura;Yoshikazu Mizuguchi;Tsuyoshi Sugawara;Yongming Wang;Takahiro Takei;Nobuhiro Kumada;Eisuke Magome;Chikako Moriyoshi;Yoshihiro Kuroiwa;Osuke Miura;Kiyoharu Tadanaga
The relationship between the structure and superconductivity of Bi4O4S3powders synthesized by heating under ambient and high pressures was investigated using synchrotron X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) observation. The Bi4O4S3powders synthesized under ambient pressure exhibited a strong superconductivity (diamagnetic) signal and zero resistivity below ∼4.5 K, while the Bi4O4S3powder synthesized by the high-pressure method exhibited a low-intensity signal down to 2 K. Further annealing of the latter Bi4O4S3powder under ambient pressure led to the development of a strong signal and zero resistivity. The crystal structures of all Bi4O4S3phases consisted of Bi4O4Bi2S4blocks including a Bi–S layer and anion(s) sandwiched between Bi4O4Bi2S4blocks, but minor structural differences were detected. A comparison of the structures of the superconductive and nonsuperconductive Bi4O4S3samples suggested that the superconductive Bi4O4S3phases had slightly smaller lattice parameters. The average structures of the superconductive Bi4O4S3phases were characterized by a slightly shorter and less bent Bi–S plane. Raman spectroscopy detected vibration of the S–O bonds, which can be attributed to sandwiched anion(s) such as SO42–. TEM observation showed stacking faults in the superconductive Bi4O4S3phases, which indicated local fluctuation of the average structures. The observed superconductivity of Bi4O4S3was discussed based on impurity phases, enhanced hybridization of the pxand pyorbitals of the Bi–S plane within Bi4O4Bi2S4blocks, local fluctuation of the average structures, compositional deviation related to suspicious anion(s) sandwiched between Bi4O4Bi2S4blocks, and the possibility of suppression of the charge-density-wave state by enriched carrier concentrations.