Abstract
We have investigated the melting behavior of alkaline iron selenide compounds of composition A0.80Fe1.81Se2 (A=K, Rb, and Cs) by thermogravimetry/differential thermal analysis (TG/DTA). The analysis indicated that all of the compounds melt incongruently and complete melting occurs at 902, 927, and 900 ∘C for A=K, Rb, and Cs, respectively, as confirmed by high temperature optical microscopy (HTOM). Study of DTA shows the structure of the phase separation present in the compounds and both endothermic and exothermic peaks on heating/cooling measurements are clearly observed. The optimum crystallization temperature range is indicated by the significant exothermic peeks on cooling DTA. Large and high quality single crystals can be obtained at a slow cooling/growth rate by the modified Bridgman, flux, or floating zone methods. XRD reflections in the (00l) plane show that all the single crystals represent an intergrowth of two sets of the c-axis characterized by slightly different lattice constants. Magnetization measurements show that the superconducting transition temperature occurs at Tc=31.6 K with shielding fraction volume of ∼100 % for K0.80Fe1.81Se2.
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