Pressure dependence of superconducting critical temperature and upper critical field of 2H-NbS2

TL;DR

This study investigates how applying pressure up to 20 GPa affects the superconducting critical temperature and upper critical field of 2H-NbS2, revealing pressure-induced changes in its electronic properties and superconducting behavior.

Contribution

The paper provides the first detailed measurements of Tc and Hc2 under pressure in 2H-NbS2, highlighting the pressure-induced evolution of its superconducting properties and Fermi surface.

Findings

Tc increases from 6K to 8.9K up to 20 GPa

Hc2(T) behavior varies with pressure

Evidence of pressure-induced Fermi surface changes

Abstract

We present measurements of the superconducting critical temperature Tc and upper critical field Hc2 as a function of pressure in the transition metal dichalcogenide 2H-NbS2 up to 20 GPa. We observe that Tc increases smoothly from 6K at ambient pressure to about 8.9K at 20GPa. This range of increase is comparable to the one found previously in 2H-NbSe2. The temperature dependence of the upper critical field Hc2(T) of 2H-NbS2 varies considerably when increasing the pressure. At low pressures, Hc2(0) decreases, and at higher pressures both Tc and Hc2(0) increase simultaneously. This points out that there are pressure induced changes of the Fermi surface, which we analyze in terms of a simplified two band approach.