Resistivity, dc magnetization, and heat capacity measurements are reported for superconducting NaBi. Tc, the electronic contribution to the specific heat {\gamma}, the {\Delta}Cp/{\gamma}Tc ratio, and the Debye temperature are found to be 2.15 K, 3.4 mJmol-1K-2, 0.78, and 140 K respectively. The calculated electron-phonon coupling constant ({\lambda}ep = 0.62) implies that NaBi is a moderately coupled superconductor. The upper critical field and coherence length are found to be 250 Oe and 115 nm, respectively. Electronic structure calculations show NaBi to be a good metal, in agreement with the experiments; the px and py orbitals of Bi dominate the electronic states at the Fermi Energy.
@article{arxiv.1403.3869,
title = {Superconducting properties and electronic structure of NaBi},
author = {S K Kushwaha and J W Krizan and Jun Xiong and T Klimczuk and Q D Gibson and Tian Liang and N P Ong and R J Cava},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1403.3869},
year = {2014}
}