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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, volume 114, issue 27, pages 6990-6995

Potential high-Tc superconducting lanthanum and yttrium hydrides at high pressure

Liu Hanyu 1
Naumov Ivan I. 1
HOFFMANN ROALD 2
ASHCROFT N. W. 3
Hemley Russell J. 4, 5
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Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC 20015;
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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052;
Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2017-06-19
Quartile SCImago
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Quartile WOS
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Impact factor11.1
ISSN00278424, 10916490
Multidisciplinary
Abstract
Significance Theoretical predictions and subsequent experimental observations of high-temperature superconductivity in dense hydrogen-rich compounds have reinvigorated the field of superconductivity. A systematic computational study of the hydrides of lanthanum and yttrium over a wide composition range reveals hydrogen-rich structures with intriguing electronic properties under pressure. Electron–phonon coupling calculations predict the existence of new superconducting phases, some exhibiting superconductivity in the range of room temperature. Moreover, the calculated stabilities indicate the materials could be synthesized at pressures that are currently accessible in the laboratory. The results open the prospect for the design, synthesis, and recovery of new high-temperature superconductors with potential practical applications. A systematic structure search in the La–H and Y–H systems under pressure reveals some hydrogen-rich structures with intriguing electronic properties. For example, LaH10 is found to adopt a sodalite-like face-centered cubic (fcc) structure, stable above 200 GPa, and LaH8 a C2/m space group structure. Phonon calculations indicate both are dynamically stable; electron phonon calculations coupled to Bardeen–Cooper–Schrieffer (BCS) arguments indicate they might be high-Tc superconductors. In particular, the superconducting transition temperature Tc calculated for LaH10 is 274–286 K at 210 GPa. Similar calculations for the Y–H system predict stability of the sodalite-like fcc YH10 and a Tc above room temperature, reaching 305–326 K at 250 GPa. The study suggests that dense hydrides consisting of these and related hydrogen polyhedral networks may represent new classes of potential very high-temperature superconductors.

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Liu H. et al. Potential high-Tc superconducting lanthanum and yttrium hydrides at high pressure // Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2017. Vol. 114. No. 27. pp. 6990-6995.
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Liu H., Naumov I. I., HOFFMANN R., ASHCROFT N. W., Hemley R. J. Potential high-Tc superconducting lanthanum and yttrium hydrides at high pressure // Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2017. Vol. 114. No. 27. pp. 6990-6995.
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1073/pnas.1704505114
UR - https://doi.org/10.1073%2Fpnas.1704505114
TI - Potential high-Tc superconducting lanthanum and yttrium hydrides at high pressure
T2 - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
AU - Liu, Hanyu
AU - Naumov, Ivan I.
AU - HOFFMANN, ROALD
AU - ASHCROFT, N. W.
AU - Hemley, Russell J.
PY - 2017
DA - 2017/06/19 00:00:00
PB - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
SP - 6990-6995
IS - 27
VL - 114
PMID - 28630301
SN - 0027-8424
SN - 1091-6490
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@article{2017_Liu,
author = {Hanyu Liu and Ivan I. Naumov and ROALD HOFFMANN and N. W. ASHCROFT and Russell J. Hemley},
title = {Potential high-Tc superconducting lanthanum and yttrium hydrides at high pressure},
journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America},
year = {2017},
volume = {114},
publisher = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)},
month = {jun},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1073%2Fpnas.1704505114},
number = {27},
pages = {6990--6995},
doi = {10.1073/pnas.1704505114}
}
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Liu, Hanyu, et al. “Potential high-Tc superconducting lanthanum and yttrium hydrides at high pressure.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 114, no. 27, Jun. 2017, pp. 6990-6995. https://doi.org/10.1073%2Fpnas.1704505114.
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