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IOP Publishing, Superconductor Science and Technology, 3(34), p. 035002, 2021

DOI: 10.1088/1361-6668/abd28f

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Interface-enhanced superconductivity in multi-grain (FeSe)η(SrTiO3)1-η composites

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Abstract

Abstract Interface superconductivity, realized in multiple artificial crystalline heterostructures, is one of the most exciting directions to search for high-temperature superconductivity. In this work, we prepare bulk (FeSe) η (SrTiO3)1−η multi-grain composites by a simple facile liquid-phase compaction method using a spark-plasma-sintering technique. Combining transmission electron microscopy/scanning electron microscopy and x-ray diffraction investigations, we demonstrate that the composites consist of micron-scale SrTiO3 grains surrounded by [001]-compressed β-FeSe grains. Transport measurements for the composites with FeSe mole fraction η > 0.06 reveal that two superconducting channels, one T c ∼ 13 K phase from FeSe/SrTiO3 interfaces and another T c ∼ 7 K phase from FeSe grains, cooperatively induce macroscopic superconducting behavior with isotropic upper critical fields above 40 T. This work points out a straightforward method to enhance T c in the multi-grain (FeSe) η (SrTiO3)1−η composites by reducing the crystalline grains to nanoscale and finely tuning the stoichiometries of FeSe and SrTiO3.