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NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
Volume 21, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/ab00c1
Keywords
EDLT; electric field; superconductivity; layered nitride; gate voltage
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [11704403]
- National Key Research Program of China [2016YFA0401000, 2016YFA0300604]
- Strategic Priority Research Program (B) of Chinese Academy of Sciences [XDB07020100]
- National Basic Research Program of China 973 program [2015CB921303]
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Recently, as a novel technique, electronic double-layer transistors (EDLTs) with ionic liquids have shown strong potential for tuning the electronic states of correlated systems. EDLT induced local carrier doping can always lead to dramatic changes in physical properties when compared to parent materials, e.g. insulating-superconducting (SC) transition. Generally, the modification of gate voltage (V-G ) in EDLT devices produces a direct change on the doping level. Here, we report that the processing temperature (T-G) also plays a dominant role in the electric field induced superconductivity in layered ZrNBr single crystals. When applying V-G at T-G >= 250 K, the induced SC state is irreversible in the material, which is confirmed in the zero resistance and diamagnetism after long-time relaxation at room temperature and/or by applying reverse voltage, whereas the solid/liquid interface induced reversible insulating-SC transition occurs at T-G <= 235 K. These experimental facts support another electrochemical mechanism that electric field induced partial deintercalation of Br ions could cause permanent electron doping into the system. Our findings in this study will extend the potential of electric fields for tuning bulk electronic states in low-dimension systems.
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