We report the evolution of thermal transport properties of iron-based superconductor KxFe2−ySe2 with sulfur substitution at Se sites. Sulfur doping suppresses the superconducting Tc as well as the Seebeck coefficient. The Seebeck coefficient of all crystals in the low temperature range can be described very well by diffusive thermoelectric response model. The zero-temperature extrapolated value of Seebeck coefficient divided by temperature S/T gradually decreases from −0.48μV/K2 to a very small value ∼ 0.03 μV/K2 where Tc is completely suppressed. The normal state electron Sommerfeld term (γn) of specific heat also decreases with the increase of sulfur content. The dcrease of S/T and γn reflects a suppression of the density of states at the Fermi energy, or a change in the Fermi surface that would induce the suppression of correlation strength.
@article{arxiv.1104.5711,
title = {Evolution of correlation strength in KxFe(2-y)Se2 superconductor doped with S},
author = {Kefeng Wang and Hechang Lei and C. Petrovic},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1104.5711},
year = {2015}
}
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5 Pages, 4 figures, 1 Table; submitted to Physical Review B