Abstract
We investigate the evolution of superconductivity and structure with pressure for the new superconductor FeS (T c ≈ 4.5 K), a sulfide counterpart of FeSe. A rapid suppression of T c and vanishing of superconductivity at 4.0 GPa are observed, followed by a second superconducting dome from 5.0 to 22.3 GPa with a 30% enhancement in maximum T c. An onsite tetragonal to hexagonal phase transition occurs around 7.0 GPa, followed by a broad pressure range of phase coexistence. The residual deformed tetragonal phase is considered as the source of second superconducting dome. The observation of two superconducting domes in iron-based superconductors poses great challenges for understanding their pairing mechanism.
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Introduction
As the second family of high-T c superconductor, the iron-based superconductors (IBSs) have been extensively studied in recent years.1,2,3 Among those IBSs, the tetragonal FeSe with the simplest structure has attracted much attention recently.4 Although the T c of bulk FeSe is modestly low (≈8 K),4 it can be enhanced through various methods. By applying high pressure, the T c of bulk FeSe can reach up to 36.7 K.5, 6 Through intercalation, surface K dosing, or ionic liquid gating, one can also enhance the T c to above 40 K.7,8,9,10,11 Surprisingly, the T c can be further enhanced above 60 K by growing monolayer FeSe thin film on SrTiO3 substrate,12,13,14,15,16 and even above 100 K on Nb-doped SrTiO3 substrate.17 It was believed that the enhanced electron–phonon coupling at interface is crucial in the further enhancement of T c .18, 19
The angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy studies reveal two distinct electronic band structures for these FeSe-based superconductors. The Fermi surface of the undoped bulk FeSe consists of hole pockets around Γ and electron pockets around M.15, 20,21,22,23 However, for intercalated (Li0.8Fe0.2)OHFeSe, monolayer FeSe thin film, and surface K dosed FeSe single crystal or film, the Fermi surface consists of only electron pockets, which apparently results from electron doping.7, 13,14,15,16, 24,26,27 For undoped bulk FeSe, the superconducting pairing symmetry is most likely s ± -wave with sign reversal between the hole and electron pockets,28 while for monolayer FeSe/SrTiO3, plain s-wave superconductivity was suggested by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) study.29 Because of the large variety of FeSe-based superconductors with a wide range of T c, clarifying the superconducting mechanism will be a major step towards solving the issue of high-temperature superconductivity in IBSs.
Very recently, superconductivity with T c ≈ 4.5 K at ambient pressure was reported for FeS,30 the sister compound of FeSe. As an important Earth Science material, FeS has been extensively studied including high-pressure works,31 but superconductivity had not been observed until high-quality stoichiometric tetragonal FeS was successfully synthesized by low-temperature hydrothermal method.30 The tetragonal FeS has the same crystal structure as the tetragonal FeSe, and their electronic structures are also quite similar based on first principle calculation.32 A slight difference between them is that FeSe undergoes a phase transition to orthorhombic structure at 90 K,33 while FeS remains its tetragonal structure down to 10 K.34 Interestingly, recent thermal conductivity and specific heat measurements suggested nodal superconductivity in FeS.35, 36
Here we present in situ high-pressure electrical transport and synchrotron X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements on tetragonal FeS single crystals. Upon applying pressure, two superconducting domes are observed. The first dome manifests a continuous decrease of T c with increasing pressure, ending ~4.0 GPa. Then a second superconducting dome emerges from 5.0 GPa and lasts to 22.3 GPa, with an over 30% increasing in T c (≈6.0 K) from the highest T c in the first dome. Comparing to the two superconducting domes of (K/Tl/Rb) x Fe2-y Se2 reported earlier,37 the superconducting pressure range is much wider, meaning the superconducting phase is much more sustainable with pressure in FeS. For its crystal structure, a hexagonal phase starts to set in at ~7.0 GPa, and there is a large coexisting pressure range of tetragonal and hexagonal phases. On the basis of the drop in R(T) curves and the structure refinement results of mixture phase region, we believe that the second superconducting dome is originated from the residual deformed tetragonal phase of FeS.
Results
Characterization at ambient pressure
The inset of Fig. 1a is a photo of as-grown FeS single crystals. Figure 1a shows a typical XRD pattern, in which only the (00l) Bragg peaks show up, indicating the crystals are well oriented along the c axis. Further XRD measurement on these crystals shows sharp single crystal diffraction spots (Fig. 1b). Flat and grain-boundary-free surface was observed with SEM (inset of Fig. 1b). Therefore, the single crystalline nature of our FeS samples is confirmed.
Figure 1c shows a typical low-temperature dc magnetization of FeS single crystals, from which the superconducting transition is at ~4.1 K. The temperature dependence of resistivity ρ(T) at ambient pressure is plotted in Fig. 1d. The absence of a resistivity anomaly in the normal state suggests no structural phase transition, which is different from FeSe single crystal.33 The low-temperature resistivity between 5 and 50 K can be well described by the Fermi liquid theory, ρ(T) = ρ 0 + AT,2 giving ρ 0 = 6.07 μΩ cm and A = 2.0 × 10−3 μΩ cm/K2. The residual resistivity ratio, RRR = ρ(298 K)/ ρ 0 = 40, is much larger than that reported previously for FeS flakes.30 The inset of Fig. 1d displays an enlarged view around the superconducting transition, from which T c onset ≈ 4.7 K and T c zero ≈ 4.3 K are obtained. T c onset is determined as the temperature where the resistivity deviates from the normal-state behavior, while T c zero as the temperature where the resistivity drops to zero. In the following discussions, we use T c onset as T c.
T c evolution under pressure
The temperature dependence of resistance up to 4.0 GPa is plotted in Fig. 2a, where the resistance is normalized to the value at 15 K for each pressure. The pressure dependence of the resistance at 15 K is shown in Fig. S1 in the Supplemental Materials. Initially, the T c is suppressed rapidly with increasing pressure, consistent with previous measurements below 2.2 GPa.38, 39 Here, we observe T c eventually disappears at 4.0 GPa. The superconductivity in this region is so sensitive to pressure that the transition broadens and the resistance does not drop to zero even under 0.86 GPa. Figure 2b, c show the normalized resistance curves above 5.0 GPa. The drop of resistance re-emerges below 4.5 K at 5.0 GPa, implying the arise of another superconducting phase. This resistance drop exists in a wide pressure range from 5.0 to 22.3 GPa, and maximum T c reaches 6 K, a 30% enhancement from the highest value in the first dome. With further increasing pressure, the resistance drop vanishes and the R(T) curve exhibits a semiconducting behavior.
To make sure the resistance drop under high pressure represents a superconducting transition, we applied magnetic field to the low-temperature resistance measurements at 19.0 GPa. As shown in Fig. 2d, the resistance drop is gradually suppressed to lower temperature with increasing field, which demonstrates that it is indeed a superconducting transition. The inset of Fig. 2d plots the reduced temperature T = T c dependence of the upper critical field H c2 . The data can be fitted to the generalized Ginzburg–Landau model: H c2 (T) = H c2 (0) (1−t 2)/(1 + t 2), where t = T/T c. According to the fit, H c2 (0) ≈ 0.81 T is obtained.
Crystal structure evolution under pressure
In situ synchrotron powder XRD measurements were utilized to study the structural evolution of FeS with pressure. Figure 3a displays the obtained XRD patterns under various pressures at room temperature. At the lowest pressure (1.0 GPa), the pattern can be well characterized as the tetragonal phase. From 7.2 to 9.2 GPa, a set of new peaks emerges with increasing intensity, while the intensity of the original peaks decreases. This indicates a structural transition and the coexistence of two different phases. The peaks from the low-pressure phase cannot be distinguished above 10.1 GPa, and the high-pressure phase remains stable up to 38.1 GPa.
On the basis of the Rietveld refinements, the low-pressure structure can be well indexed in the tetragonal space group P4/nmm, with the lattice parameters a = 3.650 Å and c = 4.940 Å at 1.0 GPa. Comparing to the ambient pressure FeS structure,30 the values of a and c decrease slightly due to the shrinkage of lattices under pressure. On the high-pressure side, the hexagonal space group P-62c is found to be the optimal structure when we refine the XRD data above 10.1 GPa. The corresponding two crystal structures are shown in Fig. 3b, c, respectively. Similar pressure-induced structural transition from a tetragonal to hexagonal phase was also observed in FeSe, with a wide pressure range for two-phase co-existence.5 The pressure dependence of the lattice parameters a, c, and unit cell volume is plotted in Fig. 3d–f, respectively. These lattice parameters show an abrupt change when the tetragonal structure transforms to the hexagonal one. The unit cell volume of the hexagonal phase is 13% smaller than that of the tetragonal phase at 7.2 GPa, which reveals the increase of the sample density, as expected.
Temperature–pressure phase diagram
We summarize our experimental results in Fig. 4. Figure 4a shows the pressure dependence of phase content around the structural transition. The hexagonal phase first appears ~7.2 GPa and its content increases rapidly with pressure. The original tetragonal phase occupies a small portion (~3%) at 9.2 GPa and is hardly distinguishable through the refinement above 10.1 GPa. The temperature–pressure (T–P) phase diagram is summarized in Fig. 4b. The superconductivity is rapidly suppressed by pressure in the first superconducting dome (SC-I), while it re-emerges in a wide pressure range from 5.0 to 22.3 GPa, manifesting as a second superconducting dome (SC-II) with a maximum T c of 6.0 K around 16.1 GPa. Upon further compression, FeS remains the hexagonal structure and behaves as a semiconductor.
Since the two-phase (tetragonal + hexagonal) coexisting region (7.2–9.2 GPa) lies inside the second superconducting dome (5.0–22.3 GPa), we try to identify which phase is responsible for SC-II. Firstly, well inside the second dome, e.g., P = 13.0 and 16.1 GPa, the sample is dominated by the hexagonal phase, but the resistance drop is only a few percent. This suggests that the SC-II should not come from the major hexagonal phase. Secondly, all the IBSs have manifested superconductivity in either tetragonal or orthorhombic phase so far.1,2,3 Thirdly, hexagonal FeS which has been extensively studied under high pressure, is in a NiAs-type structure at ambient pressure and transforms into a MnP-type structure at around 3 GPa. Upon further compression, it becomes a monoclinic structure at ~7 GPa and remains in this structure up to 40 GPa. In all the three structure, FeS shows semiconducting behavior and no superconductivity was reported.31, 40, 41 Therefore, it is very likely that the SC-II arises from the remaining tetragonal phase of FeS, which coexists with the hexagonal phase up to ~22.3 GPa. For the XRD patterns with only a few percent of tetragonal phase, it is beyond the refinement capability to distinguish it from the major hexagonal phase, thus the Rietveld refinements beyond 10.1 GPa have ignored the contribution of tetragonal phase. We notice that previous studies suggested a close relationship between the structure of Fe2 X 2 layer and T c in IBSs.42,43,44,45 Thus we perform further analysis on the detailed crystal structure of tetragonal FeS up to 9.2 GPa (see the Supplemental Materials).
Discussion
The two superconducting domes we observe here in FeS are quite different from that of its sister compound FeSe.5 For FeSe, its T–P phase diagram has only one superconducting dome with the maximum T c = 36.7 K at 8.9 GPa.5 Since sulfur atom has a smaller radius than selenium atom, FeS can be considered as FeSe under chemical pressure. In this sense, the rapid T c suppression in the first dome of FeS below 4 GPa may correspond to the high-pressure side of the superconducting dome observed in FeSe. However, so far, there is no report on the second superconducting dome in the T–P phase diagram of FeSe. The two domes in FeS are also different from the single dome observed in the T - P phase diagram of AFe2As2 (A = alkaline-earth metals) and RFeAsO (R = rare-earth metals).46
Previously, two superconducting domes in the T–P phase diagram were reported in two other IBS systems.37, 47,48,49,50,51 For (K/Tl/Rb) x Fe2-y Se2, the T c has a maximum value of 32 K at 1 GPa within the first dome, and a maximum T c of 48.7 K in the second dome between 9.8 and 13.2 GPa.37 The reason for this re-emergency of superconductivity under high pressure is still unknown. For KFe2As2, the T c exhibits a V-shaped dependence under P < 3 GPa, which was suggested as an indication of pairing symmetry change.47,48,49 Similar behavior was also observed in RbFe2As2 and CsFe2As2.50 Upon further compressing KFe2As2, a structural transition takes place from the tetragonal to collapsed tetragonal phase around 16 GPa, and a second superconducting dome with T c greatly enhanced is observed.51 However, Wang et al. later reported that the collapsed tetragonal KFe2As2 does not show superconducting behavior.52 They claim that the previously reported observation of the superconducting transition in the collapsed tetragonal phase may originate from the pressure inhomogeneity.52
Except for pressure-induced two superconducting domes, changing the carrier density can also leads to two superconducting domes in IBSs.53,54,55 In LaFeAsO1-x F x , a second superconducting dome without low-energy magnetic fluctuations was observed at 0.25 ≤ x ≤ 0.75, where the maximal T c at x opt = 0.5–0.55 is even higher than that at x ≤ 0.2.53 As for LaFeAs(O 1-x H x ), with increasing x, two superconducting domes appear: the first between 0.05 ≤ x ≤ 0.20 with T c opt = 26 K, and the second between 0.20 ≤ x ≤ 0.42 with T c opt = 36 K.54 Recent STM study showed the emergence of two disconnected superconducting domes in K dosed FeSe ultrathin films grown on SiC substrate.55 Since we did not perform Hall effect measurement on FeS single crystal under pressure, it is not clear whether there is a dramatic carrier density change with pressure in FeS.
Furthermore, two superconducting domes coming from isovalent substitution in IBSs were also reported.56,57,58 In LaFe(As1−x P x )O, the first superconducting dome appear at 0.2 ≤ x ≤ 0.4 while the second dome emerges at x > 0.7.56, 57 As for (Ca4Al2O6)Fe2(As1−x P x )2, a nodeless superconducting phase lies between 0 ≤ x ≤ 0.4 while another nodal one is around x = 1.58
Actually, a superconducting dome in T–P or T–x phase diagram has been commonly observed in unconventional superconductors, including heavy-fermion/cuprate/organic superconductors, and IBSs.59 The superconducting dome is usually related to a quantum critical point (QCP) associated with antiferromagnetism, charge-density waves, spin-density waves, nematic correlations, or orbital currents.59 For example, two distinct superconducting domes was observed in heavy-fermion superconductor CeCu2(Si1−x Ge x )2 under pressure, where the low-pressure dome is attributed to an antiferromagnetic QCP and the high-pressure dome is probably related to density fluctuations.60 For IBSs, the first dome at low carrier density or low pressure may come from a magnetic QCP.3 In the four above-mentioned IBSs (LaFeAsO1−x F x , LaFeAs(O1−x H x ), LaFe(As1−x P x )O, (Ca4Al2O6)Fe2(As1−x P x )2), the first dome is associated with an antiferromagnetic order.54, 56,57,58 In this work, however, FeS at ambient pressure is non-magnetic above T c and we note that the normal-state resistance curve of FeS with P around 4 GPa is quite flat at low temperature, which does not show a non-Fermi liquid behavior. Therefore, it is not clear whether the first dome in FeS comes from a magnetic QCP.
For the second dome in heavily doped IBSs, for instance, LaFeAs(O1−x H x ), LaFe(As1−x P x )O and (Ca4Al2O6)Fe2(As1−x P x )2, it is associated with an antiferromagnetic phase,54, 56,57,58 while in LaFeAsO1−x F x , the second superconducting dome is accompanied by a structural transition.53 Very recently, the structural and electronic properties of FeS both at ambient condition and high pressure were theoretically studied by Tresca et al.61 They claim a topological change of the Fermi surface as a function of the pressure in FeS,61 which may be the origin of the observed second superconducting dome in our work.
In summary, we demonstrate two superconducting domes in the temperature–pressure phase diagram of the newly discovered superconductor FeS by means of high-pressure resistance measurements. The in situ high-pressure XRD results reveal a phase transition from pristine tetragonal to a hexagonal structure in a broad pressure range. The superconductivity in both domes originates from tetragonal FeS phase. The observation of two superconducting domes in FeS, together with similar results reported earlier in two other IBS systems, poses great challenges for understanding the pairing mechanism of IBSs.
Methods
FeS single crystals were synthesized by de-intercalation of K from K0.8Fe1.6S2 precursor by hydrothermal method.62 XRD was carried out at room temperature using Bruker D8 Advance diffractometer (Cu K α radiation, λ = 1.5408 Å). Single crystal XRD of FeS was carried out on a Bruker SMART Apex (II) diffractometer (Mo K α radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å). Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images were taken on an Electron Probe Microanalyzer (Shimadzu, EPMA-1720). The dc magnetization was measured in a Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID, Quantum Design). Electrical resistivity measurement at ambient pressure was performed in 4He and 3He cryostats, by a standard four-probe technique. For resistance measurement under pressure, a non-magnetic BeCu diamond anvil cell (DAC) was used to apply high pressure. To study the structure evolution of pressurized FeS, the in situ high-pressure powder angle-dispersive XRD (AD-XRD) experiment was performed at room temperature in a Micro XRD beamline (16-BM-D), High-Pressure Collaborative Access Team (HP-CAT), Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, using a monochromatic X-ray beam with the incident wavelength of 0.3263 Å. More experimental details can be found in the Supplemental Materials.
Data availability
The data supporting the findings of this study are available from the corresponding authors on reasonable request.
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This work is supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (Grant No. 2015CB921401, and 2016YFA0300503), the Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 91421101, 11422429, 11421404, 51527801, U1530402), Program for Professor of Special Appointment (Eastern Scholar) at Shanghai Institutions of Higher Learning, and STCSM of China (No. 15XD1500200). W.Y. acknowledges the financial support from DOE-BES X-ray Scattering Core Program under grant number DE-FG02-99ER45775. We acknowledge Dr. Changyong Park for the assistance of beamline setup during the high-pressure XRD experiments. HPCAT operations are supported by DOE-NNSA under Award No. DE-NA0001974 and DOE-BES under Award No. DE-FG02- 99ER45775, with partial instrumentation funding by NSF. APS was supported by DOE-BES, under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357.
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T.P.Y. and Y.J.Y. grew the single crystals. J.Z., F.L.L., Y.X. and M.X.W. performed the high-pressure resistance measurements. J.Z., X.C.H. and L.P.H. analyzed the transport data. F.L.L. and W.G.Y. performed the high-pressure XRD measurements. F.L.L, N.N.L. and W.G.Y. analyzed the XRD data. J.Z., F.L.L., T.P.Y., W.G.Y. and S.Y.L. wrote the manuscript. S.Y.L. and W.G.Y. conceived and designed the project. All authors contributed to the discussion of the results and revision of the manuscript.
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Zhang, J., Liu, FL., Ying, TP. et al. Observation of two superconducting domes under pressure in tetragonal FeS. npj Quant Mater 2, 49 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41535-017-0050-7
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