Design of Organic Superconductors Based on Bedt-TTF

Abstract

ABSTRACTA close examination of the relation between Tc and structural characteristics of BEDT-TTF superconductors has revealed that there is a good correlation between the effective volume (VeffαVc-Vanion and Tc but no such correlation between the unit cell volume (Vc) and Tc. In order to increase Veff, it is favorable to use big but thin anion which can form a thin two-dimensional anion layer. Three-dimensional donor interactions are critical to have sizable Tc. According to the designing, two new superconductors; K-(BEDT-TTF)2CuCN[N(CN)2] (Tc=11.2K) and K'-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu2(CN)3 (Tc=3.8K), are prepared and their physical and structural properties are described. Their Tc's are discussed in terms of veff.