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Facile synthesis of superconductors via hydride route
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Abstract
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| We have developed a fast, easy, and scalable synthesis method for Ba1xKxFe2As2 (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) superconductors using hydrides BaH2 and KH as a source of barium and potassium metals. Synthesis from hydrides provides better mixing and easier handling of the starting materials, consequently leading to faster reactions and/or lower synthesis temperatures. The reducing atmosphere provided by the evolved hydrogen facilitates preparation of oxygen-free powders. By a combination of methods we have shown that Ba1xKxFe2As2 obtained via hydride route has the same characteristics as when it is prepared by traditional solid-state synthesis. Refinement from synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction data confirms a linear dependence of unit cell parameters upon K content as well as the tetragonal to orthorhombic transition at low temperatures for compositions with x < 0.2. Magnetic measurements revealed dome-like dependence of superconducting transition temperature Tc upon K content with a maximum of 38 K for x close to 0.4. Electron diffraction and high-resolution high-angle annular dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy indicates an absence of Ba/K ordering, while local inhomogeneity in the Ba/K distribution takes place at a scale of several angstroms along [110] crystallographic direction. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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Journal of the American Chemical Society. - Washington, D.C., 1879, currens
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Publication
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Washington, D.C.
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American Chemical Society
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2014
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ISSN
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0002-7863
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DOI
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10.1021/JA509907R
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Volume/pages
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136
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, p. 16932-16939
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ISI
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000345883900040
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Pubmed ID
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25386877
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Full text (Publisher's DOI)
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Full text (open access)
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