Abstract
We report synthesis, crystal structure, and superconductivity in ThCr2Si2-type LaFe2As2 (La122). La122 was synthesized at 960 °C for 1.5 h under a pressure of 3.4 GPa. An as-synthesized La122 (nonsuperconductor) had a collapsed tetragonal structure with a short c-axis length of 11.0144(4) Å as observed in CaFe2As2 under pressure. The collapsed tetragonal structure transformed into an uncollapsed tetragonal structure by annealing the as-synthesized La122 at 500 °C. The c-axis length remarkably extended to 11.7317(4) Å, and superconductivity emerged at 12.1 K in the uncollapsed tetragonal La122. A cylindrical hole-like Fermi surface around the Γ point that plays an important role for an s± wave pairing in iron-based superconductors was missing in the uncollapsed tetragonal La122 because of heavy electron doping. Superconductivity in La122 may be closely related to that induced in CaFe2As2 under pressure.
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