Superconductivity and its Enhancement under High Pressure in "F-free" Single Crystals of CeOBiS2
Abstract
"F-free" CeOBiS2 single crystals have successfully grown, thoroughly eliminating a concern about F-contamination by using a high-purity CsCl flux. The obtained crystals have a plate-like shape with a size of 1.0-3.0 mm in the well-developed plane. Single crystal X-ray structural analysis clearly revealed that the CeOBiS2 crystallizes with a space group P4/nmm (with lattice parameters of a = 4.0189(6) , c = 13.573(2) ). The bond valence sum estimation and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis showed that the chemical state of Ce was in the mixed valence of Ce3+ and Ce4+. The single crystals show superconductivity with zero resistivity at 1.3 K. This is the first conclusive evidence of superconductivity driven by Ce valence fluctuation in surely non-doped CeOBiS2. The superconducting transition temperature was enhanced up to 3.8 K by applying hydrostatic pressure.
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