Unconventional superconductivity in electron-doped layered Li-0.48(THF)(y)HfNCl

Citation
H. Tou et al., Unconventional superconductivity in electron-doped layered Li-0.48(THF)(y)HfNCl, PHYS REV L, 86(25), 2001, pp. 5775-5778
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
ISSN journal
00319007 → ACNP
Volume
86
Issue
25
Year of publication
2001
Pages
5775 - 5778
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(20010618)86:25<5775:USIELL>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
We report magnetic susceptibility measurements on a layered superconductor Li-0.48(THF)(0.3)HfNCl having T-c similar to 26 K. The present study reveal ed that (a) the Fermi level density of states is small, N*(E-F) - 0.25 stat es/(eV spin f.u.), (b) mass enhancement is negligible, <(<gamma>)over tilde > similar to 1, (c) electron-phonon coupling is weak, lambda (ep) much less than 1, (d) exchange enhancement is negligible, 1/(1 + F-0(a)) similar to 1, and (e) electronic density parameter is large, r(s)(2D) similar to 10.3 (i.e., low-carrier density). It is difficult to explain the origin of the h igh T-c in terms of the conventional phonon (BCS) mechanism of superconduct ivity.