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Superconducting phase above room temperature in lutetium-beryllium hydrides at high pressures

Superconductivity 2024-08-26 v1

Abstract

High-pressure structural search was performed on the hydrogen-rich compound LuBeH8_8 at pressures up to 200 GPa. We found a Fm3mFm\overline{3}m structure that exhibits stability and superconductivity above 100 GPa. Our phonon dispersion, electronic band structure, and superconductivity analyses in the 100-200 GPa pressure range reveal a strong electron-phonon coupling in LuBeH8_8. While TcT_{c} shows a decreasing trend as the pressure increases, with a superconducting critical temperature TcT_c of 255 K at 200 GPa and a maximum TcT_c of 355 k at 100 GPa. Our research has demonstrated the room-temperature superconductivity in Fm3mFm\overline{3}m-LuBeH8_8, thus enriching the family of ternary hydrides. These findings provide valuable guidance for identifying new high-temperature superconducting hydrides.

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@article{arxiv.2305.08058,
  title  = {Superconducting phase above room temperature in lutetium-beryllium hydrides at high pressures},
  author = {Bin Li and Yeqian Yang and Yuxiang Fan and Cong Zhu and Shengli Liu and Zhixiang Shi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.08058},
  year   = {2024}
}