Ternary iron selenide K0.8Fe1.6Se2 is an antiferromagnetic semiconductor

被引：82

作者：

Yan, Xun-Wang ^{[1
,2
]}

Gao, Miao ^{[1
]}

Lu, Zhong-Yi ^{[1
]}

Xiang, Tao ^{[2
,3
]}

机构：

[1] Renmin Univ China, Dept Phys, Beijing 100872, Peoples R China

[2] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Theoret Phys, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China

[3] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Phys, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 2011年 / 83卷 / 23期

基金：

中国国家自然科学基金;

关键词：

SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevB.83.233205

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

We have studied electronic and magnetic structures of K0.8+xFe1.6Se2 by performing the first-principles electronic structure calculations. The ground state of the Fe-vacancies ordered K0.8Fe1.6Se2 is found to be a quasi-two-dimensional blocked checkerboard antiferromagnetic (AFM) semiconductor with an energy gap of 594 meV and a large ordering magnetic moment of 3.37 mu B for each Fe atom, in excellent agreement with the neutron-scattering measurement. The underlying mechanism is the chemical-bonding-driven tetramer lattice distortion. K0.8+xFe1.6Se2 with finite x is a doped AFM semiconductor with low conducting carrier concentration, which is approximately proportional to the excess potassium content, consistent qualitatively with the infrared observation. Our study reveals the importance of the interplay between antiferromagnetism and superconductivity in these materials. This suggests that K0.8Fe1.6Se2, instead of KFe2Se2, should be regarded as a parent compound from which the superconductivity emerges upon electron or hole doping.

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