AUTHOR=Guo Jing , Huang Cheng , Long Sijin , Zhou Yazhou , Cai Shu , Li Xiaodong , Li Yanchun , Yang Ke , Li Aiguo , Guo Jiangang , Wu Qi , Sun Liling 

TITLE=Coevolution of Superconductivity With Structure and Hall Coefficient in Pressurized NaSn2As2

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Electronic Materials

VOLUME=2

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/electronic-materials/articles/10.3389/femat.2022.892496

DOI=10.3389/femat.2022.892496

ISSN=2673-9895

ABSTRACT=<p>A new class of van der Waals-type layered materials, <italic>A</italic>Sn<sub>2</sub><italic>Pn</italic><sub>2</sub> (<italic>A</italic>= Li, Na, Sr, Eu; <italic>Pn</italic>= As, P, Sb), has attracted much attention in the field of condensed matter physics because they have interesting physical properties and various ground states, as well as potential applications. Here, we are the first to report the close connection among the superconducting transition temperature <italic>T</italic><sub><italic>c</italic></sub>, crystal structure and Hall coefficient in pressurized NaSn<sub>2</sub>As<sub>2</sub> single crystal. We found that the superconducting NaSn<sub>2</sub>As<sub>2</sub> displays two pressure-induced crystal structure phase transitions, first from an ambient-pressure rhombohedral (<italic>R</italic>) phase to a monoclinic (<italic>M</italic>) phase starting at ∼ 12 GPa (<italic>P</italic><sub><italic>C1</italic></sub>), and then to a simple cubic (<italic>C</italic>) phase starting at ∼ 33 GPa (<italic>P</italic><sub><italic>C2</italic></sub>). In these phases, the <italic>T</italic><sub><italic>c</italic></sub> value and carrier concentration change correspondingly. Our results suggest that the observed three superconducting states are related to the change of structural phase and the variation of carrier concentrations.</p>