Potential High- Superconducting Lanthanum and Yttrium Hydrides at High Pressure

Overview

Journal Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

Specialty Science

Date 2017 Jun 21

PMID 28630301

Citations 78

Authors

Hanyu Liu

Ivan I Naumov

Roald Hoffmann

N W Ashcroft

Russell J Hemley

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Abstract

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, LaH is found to adopt a sodalite-like face-centered cubic (fcc) structure, stable above 200 GPa, and LaH a 2/ 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- superconductors. In particular, the superconducting transition temperature calculated for LaH is 274-286 K at 210 GPa. Similar calculations for the Y-H system predict stability of the sodalite-like fcc YH and a 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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