(color online) Pressure–superconducting transition temperature (TC) phase diagram for Tl0.6Rb0.4Fe1.67Se2, K0.8Fe1.7Se2 and K0.8Fe1.78Se2. The symbols represent the pressure–temperature conditions at which TC values were observed from the resistive and alternating current susceptibility measurements; symbols with downward arrows represent the absence of superconductivity to the lowest temperature (4 K). All Tl0.6Rb0.4Fe1.67Se2, K0.8Fe1.7Se2, and K0.8Fe1.78Se2 samples show two superconducting regions (SC-I and SC-II) separated by a critical pressure at ∼ 10 GPa. NSC is the nonsuperconducting region at pressure > 13.2 GPa. The maximum TC is found to be 48.7 K in K0.8Fe1.7Se2 at a pressure of 12.5 GPa. At higher pressures > 13.2 GPa, the samples are nonsuperconducting. Error bars are one standard deviation. Reproduced with permission from Ref. [36]. |