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Tunable Superconductivity in 2H-NbSe$_{2}$ via $\boldsymbol In~Situ$ Li Intercalation |
| Kaiyao Zhou1,2, Jun Deng1,2, Liwei Guo1,2,3, and Jiangang Guo1,3* |
1Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
3Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan 523808, China
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Kaiyao Zhou, Jun Deng, Liwei Guo et al 2020 Chin. Phys. Lett. 37 097402 |
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Abstract Using the newly-developed solid ionic gating technique, we measure the electrical transport property of a thin-flake NbSe$_{2}$ superconductor ($T_{\rm c} = 6.67$ K) under continuous Li intercalation and electron doping. It is found that the charge-density-wave transition is suppressed, while at the same time a carrier density, decreasing from $7\times 10^{14}$ cm$^{-2}$ to $2\times 10^{14}$ cm$^{-2}$ also occurs. This tunable capability in relation to carrier density is 70%, which is 5 times larger than that found using the liquid ionic gating method [Phys. Rev. Lett. 117 (2016) 106801]. Meanwhile, we find that the scattering type of conduction electrons transits to the $s$–$d$ process, which may be caused by the change of the occupied states of 4$d$-electrons in Nb under the condition of Li intercalation. Simultaneously, we observe a certain decrement of electron-phonon coupling (EPC), based on the electron-phonon scattering model, in the high temperature range. Based on data gathered from in situ measurements, we construct a full phase diagram of carrier density, EPC and $T_{\rm c}$ in the intercalated NbSe$_{2}$ sample, and qualitatively explain the variation of $T_{\rm c}$ within the BCS framework. It is our opinion that the in situ solid ionic gating method provides a direct route to describing the relationship between carrier density and superconductivity, which is helpful in promoting a clearer understanding of electronic phase competition in transition metal dichalcogenides.
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Received: 28 June 2020
Published: 01 September 2020
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74.25.Dw
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(Superconductivity phase diagrams)
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74.20.Fg
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(BCS theory and its development)
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71.15.Mb
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(Density functional theory, local density approximation, gradient and other corrections)
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| Fund: Supported by the MoST-Strategic International Cooperation in Science, Technology and Innovation Key Program (Grant No. 2018YFE0202601), the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant Nos. 2017YFA0304700 and 2016YFA0300600), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51922105 and 51772322), and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. QYZDJ-SSW-SLH013). |
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