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High-$T\rm_{c}$ superconductivity of clathrate Y$_{3}$EuH$_{24}$

Superconductivity 2024-09-06 v3

Abstract

Recent progress on theoretical predictions of ternary superhydrides and their subsequent experimental confirmations have introduced us with a new generation of superconductors, having the potential to realize the synthesis of the most anticipated room temperature superconductors. Motivated by the recent high pressure experiment on YH6_6 and EuH6_6, we have theoretically examined the stability as well as superconductivity by mixing the two compounds. Here we identified four phases capable of maintaining thermodynamic stability in the pressure range of 150-300 GPa, namely Fm3ˉmFm\bar{3}m-Y3_{3}EuH24_{24}, CmmmCmmm-YEuH12_{12}, CmmmCmmm-YEu3_{3}H24_{24},ImmmImmm-YEu3_{3}H24_{24}. Among them, only Fm3ˉmFm\bar{3}m-Y3_{3}EuH24_{24} can maintain dynamically stability in the searched pressure range. The Allen-Dynes modified McMillan formula was used to further check the superconductivity of this phase, and the results reveal that the predicted superconducting transition temperature TcT\rm_{c} of Y3_{3}EuH24_{24} is approaching 220 K at 200 GPa. Fm3ˉmFm\bar{3}m-Y3_{3}EuH24_{24} has a nearly identical logarithmic average phonon frequency ωlog\omega_{log} to YH6_{6}, but its electron-phonon coupling (EPC) constant λ\lambda is somewhat smaller than YH6_{6}'s 2.56, resulting in a lower ultimate TcT_{c} value.

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@article{arxiv.2205.05906,
  title  = {High-$T\rm_{c}$ superconductivity of clathrate Y$_{3}$EuH$_{24}$},
  author = {Abdul Ghaffar and Peng Song and Kenta Hongo and Ryo Maezono},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2205.05906},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

The system involves europium, where ignoring f-electrons and inherent magnetism led to an overly high predicted Tc in superconductivity calculations. This discrepancy could diverge significantly from actual results. Due to increased computational demands and concerns about europium pseudopotentials, We retract the previously submitted preprint to prevent misguidance