Superconductivity on Hole-Doping Side of (La_0.5-xNa_0.5+x)Fe₂As₂

(La_0.5-xNa_0.5+x)Fe₂As₂ ((La,Na)122) is an interesting system in the sense that either electrons (x < 0) or holes (x > 0) can be doped into the Fe₂As₂ layers, simply by changing the composition value x. However, only nonbulk superconducting samples (single crystals) with x = 0.1 have been synthesized to date. Here, we successfully synthesize polycrystalline samples with a wide hole-doping composition range of 0 ≤ x ≤ 0.35 via a conventional solid-state reaction, by tuning the reaction temperature according to x. The parent compound, (La_0.5Na_0.5)Fe₂As₂ (x = 0), is a nonsuperconductor with a resistivity anomaly at 130 K due to structural and antiferromagnetic transitions. We find that the temperature of the resistivity anomaly decreases with increasing x and that bulk superconductivity emerges for 0.15 ≤ x ≤ 0.35. The maximum transition temperature is 27.0 K, for x = 0.3. An electronic phase diagram for the hole-doping side is constructed. However, electron-doped samples (x < 0) cannot be synthesized; thus, the other half of the electronic phase diagram of (La,Na)122 requires resolution to study the electron-hole symmetry in Fe-based superconductors.