Superconductivity and charge-density wave formation in lithium intercalated 2H-LixTaS2

Abstract

We systematically investigated the superconducting properties and the interplay between charge-density-waves (CDW) and superconductivity in lithium-intercalated 2H-TaS2. By gradually increasing the lithium content x, the CDW formation temperature is continuously suppressed, and the onset temperature of superconductivity is increased with a maximum transition temperature Tc = 3.5 K for x = 0.096. The bulk nature of superconductivity is confirmed by a superconducting shielding fraction of the order of unity for this composition. The electronic contribution to the specific heat and Hall resistivity data demonstrate that the CDW weakens with lithium-intercalation, thereby indirectly increasing carrier density and boosting superconductivity. While the sign of the charge carriers in undoped 2H-TaS2 changes from electron-like to hole type near the CDW formation temperature around 75 K, the lithium intercalated LixTaS2 show predominantly hole-type carriers in the CDW phase even for very low lithium contents.

16 pages, 5 figures

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