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Chin. Phys. B, 2024, Vol. 33(12): 126105    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/ad8ecc
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Pressure-induced superconductivity and phase transition in PbSe and PbTe

Yuyang Jiang(江宇阳)1,†, Cuiying Pei(裴翠颖)1,†, Qi Wang(王琦)1,2, Juefei Wu(吴珏霏)1, Lili Zhang(张丽丽)3, Chao Xiong(熊超)1, and Yanpeng Qi(齐彦鹏)1,2,4,‡
1 School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China;
2 ShanghaiTech Laboratory for Topological Physics, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China;
3 Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China;
4 Shanghai Key Laboratory of High-resolution Electron Microscopy, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
Abstract  The IV-VI semiconducting chalcogenides are a large material family with distinct physical behavior. Here, we systematically investigate the effect of pressure on the electronic and crystal structures of PbSe and PbTe by combining high-pressure electrical transport and synchrotron x-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements. The resistivity of PbSe and PbTe changes dramatically under high pressure and a non-monotonic evolution of $\rho (T)$ is observed. Both PbSe and PbTe are found to undergo semiconductor-metal transition upon compression and show superconductivity under higher pressure. The structural evolutions from the Fm$\bar{3}m$ to Pnma phase and then to the Pm$\bar{3}m$ phase in PbSe are verified by the x-ray diffraction. The present findings reveal the internal correlation between the structural evolution and the physical properties in lead chalcogenides.
Keywords:  IV-VI semiconductor      high pressure      superconductivity      crystal structure  
Received:  29 September 2024      Revised:  01 November 2024      Accepted manuscript online:  05 November 2024
PACS:  61.50.Ks (Crystallographic aspects of phase transformations; pressure effects)  
  74.70.-b (Superconducting materials other than cuprates)  
  74.62.Fj (Effects of pressure)  
Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 52272265) and the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant No. 2023YFA1607400). The authors thank the support from Analytical Instrumentation Center (# SPSTAIC10112914), SPST, ShanghaiTech University.
Corresponding Authors:  Yanpeng Qi     E-mail:  qiyp@shanghaitech.edu.cn

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Yuyang Jiang(江宇阳), Cuiying Pei(裴翠颖), Qi Wang(王琦), Juefei Wu(吴珏霏), Lili Zhang(张丽丽), Chao Xiong(熊超), and Yanpeng Qi(齐彦鹏) Pressure-induced superconductivity and phase transition in PbSe and PbTe 2024 Chin. Phys. B 33 126105

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