Crystal chemistry and structural design of iron-based superconductors

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/22/8/087410

Abstract The second class of high-temperature superconductors (HTSCs), iron-based pnictides and chalcogenides, necessarily contain Fe₂X₂ ("X" refers to a pnictogen or a chalcogen element) layers, just like the first class of HTSCs which possess the essential CuO₂ sheets. So far, dozens of iron-based HTSCs, classified into nine groups, have been discovered. In this article, the crystal-chemistry aspects of the known iron-based superconductors are reviewed and summarized by employing "hard and soft acids and bases (HSAB)" concept. Based on these understandings, we propose an alternative route to exploring new iron-based superconductors via rational structural design.

Keywords: iron-based superconductors crystal chemistry structural design

Received: 18 June 2013
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PACS:	74.70.Xa	(Pnictides and chalcogenides)
	74.10.+v	(Occurrence, potential candidates)
	74.62.Bf	(Effects of material synthesis, crystal structure, and chemical composition)
	74.62.Dh	(Effects of crystal defects, doping and substitution)

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 90922002 and 11190023) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of Ministry of Education of China (Grant No. 2013FZA3003)

Corresponding Authors: Cao Guang-Han
E-mail: ghcao@zju.edi.cn

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Jiang Hao (蒋好), Sun Yun-Lei (孙云蕾), Xu Zhu-An (许祝安), Cao Guang-Han (曹光旱) Crystal chemistry and structural design of iron-based superconductors 2013 Chin. Phys. B 22 087410

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