Weakly Coupled Type-II Superconductivity in a Laves compound ZrRe2

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Autores principales: Yu, Yingpeng, Liu, Zhaolong, Li, Qi, Chen, Zhaoxu, Wang, Yulong, Hao, Munan, Yang, Yaling, Gong, Chunsheng, Chen, Long, Xie, Zhenkai, Zhou, Kaiyao, Ren, Huifen, Chen, Xu, Jin, Shifeng
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author Yu, Yingpeng
Liu, Zhaolong
Li, Qi
Chen, Zhaoxu
Wang, Yulong
Hao, Munan
Yang, Yaling
Gong, Chunsheng
Chen, Long
Xie, Zhenkai
Zhou, Kaiyao
Ren, Huifen
Chen, Xu
Jin, Shifeng
author_facet Yu, Yingpeng
Liu, Zhaolong
Li, Qi
Chen, Zhaoxu
Wang, Yulong
Hao, Munan
Yang, Yaling
Gong, Chunsheng
Chen, Long
Xie, Zhenkai
Zhou, Kaiyao
Ren, Huifen
Chen, Xu
Jin, Shifeng
contents We present a comprehensive investigation of the superconducting properties of ZrRe2, a Re-based hexagonal Laves compounds. ZrRe2 crystallizes in a C14-type structure (space group P63/mmc), with cell parameters a=b=5.2682(5) and c=8.63045 . Resistivity and magnetic susceptibility data both suggest that ZrRe2 exhibits a sharp superconducting transition above 6.1 K. The measured lower and upper critical fields are 6.27 mT and 12.77 T, respectively, with a large upper critical field that approached the Pauli limit.Measurements of the heat capacity confirm the presence of bulk superconductivity, with a normalized specific heat change of 1.24 and an electron-phonon strength of 0.69 . DFT calculations revealed that the band structure of ZrRe2 is intricate and without van-Hove singularity. The observed large specific heat jump, combined with the electron-phonon strength , suggests that ZrRe2 is a weakly coupled type II superconductor.
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spellingShingle Weakly Coupled Type-II Superconductivity in a Laves compound ZrRe2
Yu, Yingpeng
Liu, Zhaolong
Li, Qi
Chen, Zhaoxu
Wang, Yulong
Hao, Munan
Yang, Yaling
Gong, Chunsheng
Chen, Long
Xie, Zhenkai
Zhou, Kaiyao
Ren, Huifen
Chen, Xu
Jin, Shifeng
Superconductivity
We present a comprehensive investigation of the superconducting properties of ZrRe2, a Re-based hexagonal Laves compounds. ZrRe2 crystallizes in a C14-type structure (space group P63/mmc), with cell parameters a=b=5.2682(5) and c=8.63045 . Resistivity and magnetic susceptibility data both suggest that ZrRe2 exhibits a sharp superconducting transition above 6.1 K. The measured lower and upper critical fields are 6.27 mT and 12.77 T, respectively, with a large upper critical field that approached the Pauli limit.Measurements of the heat capacity confirm the presence of bulk superconductivity, with a normalized specific heat change of 1.24 and an electron-phonon strength of 0.69 . DFT calculations revealed that the band structure of ZrRe2 is intricate and without van-Hove singularity. The observed large specific heat jump, combined with the electron-phonon strength , suggests that ZrRe2 is a weakly coupled type II superconductor.
title Weakly Coupled Type-II Superconductivity in a Laves compound ZrRe2
topic Superconductivity
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.10268