A layered perovskite-type oxide Ba2RhO4 was synthesized by a high-pressure technique with the support of convex-hull calculations. The crystal and electronic structure were studied by both experimental and computational tools. Structural refinements for powder x-ray diffraction data showed that Ba2RhO4 crystallizes in a K2NiF4-type structure, isostructural to Sr2RuO4 and Ba2IrO4. Magnetic, resistivity, and specific-heat measurements for polycrystalline samples of Ba2RhO4 indicate that the system can be characterized as a correlated metal. Despite the close similarity to its Sr2RuO4 counterpart in the electronic specific-heat coefficient and the Wilson ratio, Ba2RhO4 shows no signature of superconductivity down to 0.16 K. Whereas the Fermi surface topology has reminiscent pieces of Sr2RuO4, an electronlike eg-(dx2-y2) band descends below the Fermi level, making this compound unique also as a metallic counterpart of the spin-orbit coupled Mott insulator Ba2IrO4.

High-pressure synthesis of Ba2RhO4, a rhodate analog of the layered perovskite Sr-ruthenate / Kurata, I.; Flores-Livas, J. A.; Sugimoto, H.; Takahashi, H.; Sagayama, H.; Yamasaki, Y.; Nomoto, T.; Arita, R.; Ishiwata, S.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW MATERIALS. - ISSN 2475-9953. - 5:1(2021). [10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.5.015001]

High-pressure synthesis of Ba2RhO4, a rhodate analog of the layered perovskite Sr-ruthenate

Flores-Livas J. A.
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2021

Abstract

A layered perovskite-type oxide Ba2RhO4 was synthesized by a high-pressure technique with the support of convex-hull calculations. The crystal and electronic structure were studied by both experimental and computational tools. Structural refinements for powder x-ray diffraction data showed that Ba2RhO4 crystallizes in a K2NiF4-type structure, isostructural to Sr2RuO4 and Ba2IrO4. Magnetic, resistivity, and specific-heat measurements for polycrystalline samples of Ba2RhO4 indicate that the system can be characterized as a correlated metal. Despite the close similarity to its Sr2RuO4 counterpart in the electronic specific-heat coefficient and the Wilson ratio, Ba2RhO4 shows no signature of superconductivity down to 0.16 K. Whereas the Fermi surface topology has reminiscent pieces of Sr2RuO4, an electronlike eg-(dx2-y2) band descends below the Fermi level, making this compound unique also as a metallic counterpart of the spin-orbit coupled Mott insulator Ba2IrO4.
2021
defects; semiconductors; doping; computational materials science
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High-pressure synthesis of Ba2RhO4, a rhodate analog of the layered perovskite Sr-ruthenate / Kurata, I.; Flores-Livas, J. A.; Sugimoto, H.; Takahashi, H.; Sagayama, H.; Yamasaki, Y.; Nomoto, T.; Arita, R.; Ishiwata, S.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW MATERIALS. - ISSN 2475-9953. - 5:1(2021). [10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.5.015001]
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