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Superconductivity in Nb2Pd3Te5 and Chemically-Doped Ta2Pd3Te5

N. Higashihara, Y. Okamoto, Y. Yoshikawa, Y. Yamakawa, H. Takatsu, H. Kageyama, and K. Takenaka, J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 90, 063705 (2021).

We report on the superconductivity in ternary transition metal tellurides Ta2Pd3Te5 and Nb2Pd3Te5, which have a one-dimensional crystal structure. Single-crystalline and polycrystalline samples of Ta2Pd3Te5 show nonmetallic electron conduction, while Ti or W doping results in metallic behavior with a bulk superconducting transition at 2–4 K. In contrast, the polycrystalline samples of Nb2Pd3Te5, which are found to be isostructural to Ta2Pd3Te5, show a bulk superconducting transition at 3.3 K. The crystal structure and physical properties of Ta2Pd3Te5 and Nb2Pd3Te5 are also discussed in comparison with a candidate excitonic insulator Ta2NiSe5.