Bulk Synthesis of Iron-based Superconductors

TL;DR

This paper reviews synthesis methods for iron-based superconductors, highlighting challenges and progress in producing high-quality samples to advance understanding and potential applications of these materials.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive summary of synthesis techniques and discusses key challenges in producing iron-based superconductors.

Findings

Various synthesis routes for FeSC are summarized.

Challenges in producing high-quality samples are identified.

The importance of synthesis in advancing superconductor research is emphasized.

Abstract

Exploratory synthesis efforts for iron-based superconductors (FeSC) have been driven by hopes of improving superconducting critical temperatures (TCs), providing high-quality samples for in-depth studies of intrinsic properties, and exploring potential superconductivity in similar families of materials. This manuscript summarizes the synthesis routes that are used for producing FeSC and their undoped parents, in single crystal and polycrystalline forms. A few of the materials challenges are summarized.