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Electrical and Magnetic Properties for Bulk FeSe and FeSe0.5Te0.5 Superconductors

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We report a one-step low temperature sintering method for preparing high quality FeSe and FeSe0.5Te0.5polycrystalline superconductors, and investigate their transport and magnetic properties. The low temperature resistance results show that onset temperatures of the superconducting transition for FeSe and FeSe0.5Te0.5 are 11.06 K and 14.72 K, respectively. X-ray diffraction results demonstrate that Te alloying causes expansion of lattice parameters, and density functional theory calculations confirm that Te-5p orbital electrons are related to the enhancement of the temperature of the superconducting transition. Magnetic measurements reveal that the superconducting diamagnetic transition appears at 9.35 K and 14.16 K for FeSe and FeSe0.5Te0.5, respectively, in keeping with the initial transition temperature of zero resistivity. In addition, high temperature transport results show that there is a sign crossover in the thermopower for FeSe and FeSe0.5Te0.5, which is due to the dominant contributions from electrons and holes.

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This work is supported by the funding support from National Key Research and Development Program of China, Grant No. 2018YFA0704303.

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  1. Key Lab of Photovoltaic and Energy Conservation Materials, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China

    D. Li, B. L. Zhang, H. W. Ming, X. Y. Qin & J. Zhang

  2. Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, AnHui University, Hefei, 230601, People’s Republic of China

    X. Y. Qin, J. Zhang & H. J. Liu

  3. Institute of Plasma Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, CAS, Hefei, 230031, China

    X. Y. Qin & J. Zhang

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Li, D., Zhang, B.L., Ming, H.W. et al. Electrical and Magnetic Properties for Bulk FeSe and FeSe0.5Te0.5 Superconductors. J. Electron. Mater. 50, 941–946 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-020-08666-x

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