The kagome metals AV3Sb5 (A= K, Rb, Cs) under ambient pressure exhibit an unusual charge order, from which superconductivity emerges. In this work, by applying hydrostatic pressure using a liquid pressure medium and carrying out electrical resistance measurements for RbV3Sb5, we find the charge order becomes suppressed under a modest pressure pc (1.4<pc<1.6 GPa), while the superconducting transition temperature Tc is maximized. Tc is then gradually weakened with further increase of pressure and reaches a minimum around 14.3 GPa, before exhibiting another maximum around 22.8 GPa, signifying the presence of a second superconducting dome. Distinct normal state resistance anomalies are found to be associated with the second superconducting dome, similar to KV3Sb5. Our findings point to qualitatively similar temperature-pressure phase diagrams in KV3Sb5 and RbV3Sb5, and suggest a close link between the second superconducting dome and the high-pressure resistance anomalies.
@article{arxiv.2108.09434,
title = {Evolution of superconductivity and charge order in pressurized RbV$_3$Sb$_5$},
author = {Feng Du and Shuaishuai Luo and Rui Li and Brenden R. Ortiz and Ye Chen and Stephen D. Wilson and Yu Song and Huiqiu Yuan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.09434},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
intended for a special issue on vanadium-based kagome materials in Chinese Physics B, updated with additional measurements on a second sample