Enhanced Superconductivity in Restacked TaS2 Nanosheets
- Jie Pan ,
- Chenguang Guo ,
- Changsheng Song ,
- Xiaofang Lai ,
- Hui Li ,
- Wei Zhao ,
- Hui Zhang ,
- Gang Mu ,
- Kejun Bu ,
- Tianquan Lin ,
- Xiaoming Xie ,
- Mingwei Chen , and
- Fuqiang Huang

Abstract

Since interface superconductivity was discovered at the interface between two insulating layers LaAlO3 and SrTiO3, such interface-induced superconducting systems have been a research hotspot in superconductivity. Here, we report homogeneous interfaces formed by stacking chemically exfoliated monolayer TaS2 nanosheets randomly. Enhanced superconductivity of Tc = 3 K is observed, compared with 0.8 K of parent 2H-TaS2. The measurement of heat capacity shows the increase of electronic specific-heat coefficient γ of restacked TaS2 nanosheets compared to parent 2H-TaS2 crystals. Density functional theory calculations indicate that increase and delocalization of electron states near the Fermi surface due to the homogeneous interfaces effects could account for the enhanced superconductivity.
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