Thermal Conductivity and Electrical Resistivity of FeTe1-xSx Sintered Samples

The temperature dependence of thermal conductivity and the temperature and magnetic field dependence of electrical resistivity have been measured for FeTe1-xSx polycrystalline samples. The samples were prepared by solid state reaction with a three-step procedure. For FeTe0.8S0.2 and FeTe0.7S0.3, zero resistivity due to the superconducting transition was observed not only in oxygen post-annealed samples but also in as-grown ones. These samples include the certain amount of impurities FeTe2 and Fe3O4. The formation of these ion compounds reduces the excess Fe atoms leading to the appearance of the zero resistivity in as-grown samples. Positive magnetoresistivity and/or negative magnetoresistivity, which were extremely small, were observed for FeTe and S-doped samples. The magnetoresistivity curves show B2 dependence. It was observed that the thermal conductivity κ of FeTe exhibits a hump structure below 72 K which corresponds to the crystal structural and magnetic transitions. The enhancement of κ due to the superconducting transition could not be detected for as-grown FeTe0.8S0.2 and FeTe0.7S0.3 because of the absence of the bulk superconductivity in the as-grown samples and the extremely small ratio of the electronic contribution to κ.