Open AccessInvestigation of carrier transport properties along the c-axis in K0.8Fe2Se2 superconducting crystals
Author(s) -
Yan Qian,
Lu Cui-Min,
Feng Dian-Wen,
Wei-Wei Yang,
Jie Zhao,
Qingsuo Liu,
Ma Yong-Chang
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
wuli xuebao
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 47
ISSN - 1000-3290
DOI - 10.7498/aps.63.037401
Subject(s) - superconductivity , materials science , condensed matter physics , electrical resistivity and conductivity , phase (matter) , dielectric , metal , grain boundary , thermal conductivity , omega , physics , microstructure , composite material , optoelectronics , quantum mechanics , metallurgy
We have successfully prepared the iron-based superconductor K0.8Fe2Se2 crystals (Tc=27 K) and studied the carrier transport properties along the c-axis in detail. Samples are characterized by XRD, SEM and temperature-dependent resistivity. The result shows that there is “phase separation” in the samples. Based on the experimental results, the iron-based superconductor is not a simple two phases alternating along the c-axis, but the metal phases should have weak-link channels along the c-axis, forming a nearly 3D special net mode. Studies of the thermal conductivity and the complex impedance spectrum z(omega, T0) suggest that the superconducting crystals have a lot of grain boundaries along the c-axis direction, the bound polarization charges result in relative dielectric constant of about 106 in magnitude and negative phase characteristics in the vicinity of 10 MHz.