中国物理B ›› 2010, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (2): 26103-026103.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/19/2/026103

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Single crystal growth and characterizations of iron arsenide superconductor BaFe2-xNixAs2 (0.0 ≤ x ≤0.12)

李正才, 陆伟, 董晓莉, 周放, 赵忠贤   

  1. National Laboratory for Superconductivity, Institute of Physics and Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
  • 收稿日期:2009-11-24 修回日期:2009-11-24 出版日期:2010-02-15 发布日期:2010-02-15
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the State Key Development Program for Basic Research of China (Grant No. 2006CB601002) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.~10734120).

Single crystal growth and characterizations of iron arsenide superconductor BaFe2-xNixAs2 (0.0 ≤ x ≤0.12)

Li Zheng-Cai(李正才), Lu Wei(陆伟), Dong Xiao-Li(董晓莉), Zhou Fang(周放), and Zhao Zhong-Xian(赵忠贤)   

  1. National Laboratory for Superconductivity, Institute of Physics and Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
  • Received:2009-11-24 Revised:2009-11-24 Online:2010-02-15 Published:2010-02-15
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the State Key Development Program for Basic Research of China (Grant No. 2006CB601002) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10734120).

摘要: A series of big single crystals of BaFeFe2-xNixAs2 have been prepared by the FeAs self-flux method, with nominal nickel doping x = 0--0.12. The dimensions of the cleaved crystals are over 10~mm along ab plane and ~ 2~mm in maximum along the c direction. The measurements of x-ray diffraction, electrical resistance and magnetic property are carried out on the crystals. For the undoped parent compound BaFe2As2, both resistance and magnetization data display an anomaly associated with spin density wave and/or structural phase transition, with the transition temperatures at ~ 138~K. For Ni-doped BaFe2-xNixAs2 crystals, the superconducting critical temperature Tc ranges from 4.3~K for x=0.06 sample to 20~K for the optimally doped x=0.10 crystal.

Abstract: A series of big single crystals of BaFeFe2-xNixAs2 have been prepared by the FeAs self-flux method, with nominal nickel doping x = 0--0.12. The dimensions of the cleaved crystals are over 10 mm along ab plane and ~2 mm in maximum along the c direction. The measurements of x-ray diffraction, electrical resistance and magnetic property are carried out on the crystals. For the undoped parent compound BaFe2As2, both resistance and magnetization data display an anomaly associated with spin density wave and/or structural phase transition, with the transition temperatures at ~138 K. For Ni-doped BaFe2-xNixAs2 crystals, the superconducting critical temperature Tc ranges from 4.3 K for = 0.06 sample to 20 K for the optimally doped = 0.10 crystal.

Key words: FeAs self-flux crystal growth, BaFe2-xNixAs2 single crystals, supercondutivity

中图分类号:  (Magnetic properties including vortex structures and related phenomena)

  • 74.25.Ha
74.62.Dh (Effects of crystal defects, doping and substitution) 81.10.Dn (Growth from solutions) 61.05.cp (X-ray diffraction)