Computational study on unconventional superconductivity and mechanical properties of novel antiferrromagnetic (Ca,Sr,Ba)Fe2Bi2 compounds

Abstract

The ab initio calculation is performed to investigate about the structural and the electron transport properties of the experimentally reported (parent) compounds viz., BaFe2As2, SrFe2As2, CaFe2As2 and the novel compounds which are anticipated from our computational work namely BaFe2Bi2, SrFe2Bi2, CaFe2Bi2 with different magnetic order. The space group of the reported compounds is I4/mmm (139) and belong to ThCr2Si2 type. The formation energies of the reported compounds are compared in the anti-ferromagnetic (AFM), nonmagnetic (NM) and ferromagnetic (FM) orders. From the comparison, it reveals that the anti-ferro magnetism is the stabled state for the reported compounds. At ambient temperature with constant relaxation time, the resistivity, power factor, Seebeck coefficient and electrical conductivity are computed by using BoltzTraP transport theory code. To explain the superconducting nature of the novel compounds the transition temperature (T[Formula: see text]), electron–phonon coupling factor and Debye temperature are calculated and presented. The mechanical stability of the compounds is examined by using Young’s, bulk and shear modulus, anisotropy constant and Poisson’s ratio which are calculated by using Tetra-elastic code. The Mechanical Temperament of these compounds is analyzed by using Pugh’s ratio. The ELATE tool is used to visualize the elastic properties of these compounds. The thermodynamical stability of the compounds is examined by using Gibbs free energy, vibrational Helmholtz free energy and entropy which are calculated by using Gibbs2 code. All the properties of the theoretically predicted (novel) compounds are analyzed and compared with their parent (experimentally reported) compounds.