Preparation and Superconducting Properties of F-doped SmO1-xFxFeAs

Here we report the fabrication and superconductivity of the iron-based arsenic oxide SmO1-xFxFeAs compound. X-ray diffraction (XRD) results prove that the lattice parameters a and c decrease systematically with increasing x in between 00.35 the a and c increase with the decrease of x in the SmO1-xFxFeAs. The critical temperature (Tc) increases with increasing x in between 0.15≤x≤0.3, while x>0.3 the Tc decreases with the increase of x. It is found that at x=0.3 SmO0.7F0.3FeAs has the highest onset resistivity transition temperature of 55.5 K. The critical current density (Jc) value at 10 K for the obtained SmO0.7F0.3FeAs is 1.3×105 A/cm2 (0 T). Meanwhile one can estimates Hc2(0) from the slope of the Hc2(T) curve at T=Tc (Hc2 is the upper critical field), and for the 90% normal-state resistivity ρn) criterion (Tc=55K), Hc2(0) is determined to be ∼253 T.