Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.138, No.7, 2170-2173, 2016
A New ZrCuSiAs-Type Superconductor: ThFeAsN
We report the first nitrogen-containing iron-pnictide superconductor ThFeAsN, which is synthesized by a solid-state reaction in an evacuated container. The compound crystallizes in a ZrCuSiAs-type structure with the space group P4/nmm and lattice parameters a = 4.0367(1) angstrom and c = 8.5262(2) angstrom at 300 K. The electrical resistivity and dc magnetic susceptibility measurements indicate superconductivity at 30 K for the nominally undoped ThFeAsN.