The effects of copper doping on the structural and superconducting phase transitions of Ba(NiCu)As were studied by examining the resistivity, magnetic susceptibility, and specific heat. We found an abrupt increase in the superconducting transition temperature from 0.6 K in the triclinic phase with less copper ( 0.16) to 2.5-3.2 K in the tetragonal phase with more copper ( 0.16). The specific-heat data suggested that doping-induced phonon softening was responsible for the enhanced superconductivity in the tetragonal phase. All of these observations exhibited striking similarities to those observed in the phosphorus doping of BaNi(AsP) [K. Kudo et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 097002 (2012).], which markedly contrast the behavior of phosphorus and copper doping of the iron-based superconductor BaFeAs.

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