First-principles study of rare-earth-doped superconducting CaFe2As2

作者:Sanna A*; Profeta G; Massidda S; Gross E K U
来源:Physical Review B, 2012, 86(1): 014507.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.86.014507

摘要

We report a systematic and ab initio electronic structure calculation of Ca0.75M0.25Fe2As2 with M = Ca, Sr, Eu, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Na, K, Rb. The recently reported experimentally observed structural trends in rare earths-doped CaFe2As2 compounds are successfully predicted and a complete theoretical description of the pressure induced orthorhombic to collapsed tetragonal transition is given. We demonstrate that the transition pressure is reduced by electron doping and rises linearly with the ionic size of the dopants. We discuss the implications of our description for the realization of a superconducting phase.

  • 出版日期2012-7-9