Abstract
AbstractHigh‐entropy materials, an exciting new class of structural materials involving five or more elements, are emerging as unexplored ground for superconductors. Here, the effects of nitrogen stoichiometry are investigated on local chemical structure of TiZrNbTa‐based thin films by various X‐ray‐based techniques. Lattice distortion and short‐range order of a set of TiZrNbTaNx samples, including bond lengths of different atomic pairs and coordination numbers of substituting atoms are quantitatively studied. The maximum superconducting transition temperature Tc is found at 10 K for a near‐stoichiometric (TiZrNbTa)N1.08 film, which is >8 K measured for a metallic TiZrNbTa film. The underlying electronic structure and chemical bonding in these high entropy nitrides thus influence the superconducting macroscopic properties.
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