We report a pressure study on electron doped SrFe2−xCoxAs2 by electrical-resistivity (ρ) and magnetic-susceptibility (χ) experiments. Application of either external pressure or Co substitution rapidly suppresses the spin-density wave ordering of the Fe moments and induces superconductivity in SrFe2As2. At x=0.2 the broad superconducting (SC) dome in the T−p phase diagram exhibits its maximum Tc,max=20 K at a pressure of only pmax≈0.75 GPa. In SrFe1.5Co0.5As2 no superconductivity is observed anymore up to 2.8 GPa. Upon increasing the Co concentration the maximum of the SC dome shifts toward lower pressure accompanied by a decrease in the value of Tc,max. Even though, superconductivity is induced by both tuning methods, Co substitution leads to a much more robust SC state. Our study evidences that in SrFe2−xCoxAs2 both, the effect of pressure and Co-substitution, have to be considered in order to understand the SC phase-diagram and further attests the close relationship of SrFe2As2 and its sister compound BaFe2As2.
@article{arxiv.1611.08447,
title = {Effect of Co doping and hydrostatic pressure on SrFe2As2},
author = {E. Lengyel and M. Kumar and W. Schnelle and A. Leithe-Jasper and M. Nicklas},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1611.08447},
year = {2016}
}