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Published Online: 28 January 2011
Accepted: January 2011
Appl. Phys. Lett. 98, 042511 (2011); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3549702
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We synthesized the new Fe-based superconductor K0.8Fe2Se2 single crystals. The obtained single crystal exhibited a sharp superconducting transition and the onset and zero-resistivity tempera-ture were estimated to be 33 and 31.8 K, respectively. A high upper critical field of 192 T was obtained. The anisotropy of superconductivity of K0.8Fe2Se2 was 3.6. Both the high upper critical field and comparably low anisotropy are advantageous for applications under a high magnetic field.
This work was partly supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI).
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