Absence of superconductivity in Nd0.8Sr0.2NiOx thin films without chemical reduction

来源期刊:Rare Metals2020年第4期

论文作者:Xiao-Rong Zhou Ze-Xin Feng Pei-Xin Qin Han Yan Shuai Hu Hui-Xin Guo Xiao-Ning Wang Hao-Jiang Wu Xin Zhang Hong-Yu Chen Xue-Peng Qiu Zhi-Qi Liu

文章页码:368 - 374

摘    要:The recently reported 9-15 K superconductivity in Nd0.8Sr0.2NiO2/SrTi03 heterostructures that were fabricated by a soft-chemical topotactic reduction approach based on precursor Nd0.8Sr0.2NiO3 thin films deposited on SrTiO3 substrates,has excited an immediate surge of research interest.To explore an alternative physical path instead of chemical reduction to realizing superconductivity in this compound,using pulsed laser deposition,we systematically fabricated 63 Nd0.8Sr0.2NiOx(NSNO) thin films at a wide range of oxygen partial pressures on various oxide substrates.Transport measurements did not find any signature of superconductivity in all the 63 thin-film samples.With the oxygen content reducing in the NSNO films by lowering the deposition oxygen pressure,the NSNO films are getting more resistive and finally become insulating.Furthermore,we tried to cap a 20-nm-thick amorphous LaAlO3 layer on a Nd0.8Sr0.2NiO3 thin film deposited at a high oxygen pressure of 20 Pa to create oxygen vacancies on its surface and did not succeed in obtaining higher conductivity either.Our experimental results together with the recent report on the absence of superconductivity in synthesized bulk Nd0.8Sr0.2NiO2 crystals suggest that the chemical reduction approach could be unique for yielding superconductivity in NSNO/SrTiO3 heterostructures.However,SrTiO3 substrates could be reduced to generate oxygen vacancies during the chemical reduction process as well,which may thus partially contribute to conductivity.

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