Superconductivity on a bi square net in LiBi

Karolina Górnicka; Sylwia Gutowska; Michał J. Winiarski; Bartlomiej Wiendlocha; Weiwei Xie; R. J. Cava; Tomasz Klimczuk

doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c00179

Superconductivity on a bi square net in LiBi

Karolina Górnicka
, Sylwia Gutowska
, Michał J. Winiarski
, Bartlomiej Wiendlocha
, Weiwei Xie
, R. J. Cava
, Tomasz Klimczuk

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Abstract

We present the crystallographic analysis, superconducting characterization and theoretical modeling of LiBi, that contains the lightest and the heaviest nonradioactive metal. The compound crystallizes in a tetragonal (CuAu-type) crystal structure with Bi square nets separated by Li planes (parameters a = 3.3636(1) Å and c = 4.2459(2) Å, c/a = 1.26). Superconducting state was studied in detail by magnetic susceptibility and heat capacity measurements. The results reveal that LiBi is a moderately coupled type-I superconductor (λ_e-_p = 0.66) with T_c = 2.48 K and a thermodynamic critical field H_c(0) = 157 Oe. Theoretical studies show that bismuth square net is responsible for superconductivity in this compound, but the coupling between the Li planes and Bi planes makes a significant contribution to the superconductivity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3150-3159
Number of pages	10
Journal	Chemistry of Materials
Volume	32
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c00179
State	Published - 2020
Externally published	Yes

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The research performed at the Gdansk University of Technology was supported by the National Science Centre (Poland) grant (UMO-2017/27/B/ST5/03044). The synthesis and magnetic properties measurements performed at Princeton were supported by the Department of Energy, Division of Basic Energy Sciences, grant DEFG02-98ER45706. W.X. is supported by the Beckman Young Investigator (BYI) Program. The research performed at the AGH-UST was supported by the National Science Center (Poland), Project No. 2017/26/E/ST3/00119. S.G. was partly supported by the EU Project POWR.03.02.00-00-I004/16.

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