High-pressure structural searches of superhydrides CeBeH8 and CeBH8 were performed under ambient pressure up to 300 GPa. We identify Fm3m-CeBeH8 with a superconducting transition temperature Tc of 56 K at 10 GPa. Two more phases with spacegroup R3m and C2/m, were investigated within the increasing pressures. CeBH8 shows a similar phase transition process as CeBeH8 but with higher transition pressures and higher Tc. Fm3m-CeBH8 is predicted to be superconducting above 120 GPa with a maximum Tc of 118 K at 150 GPa. R3m-CeBH8 and C2/m-CeBH8 are dynamically stable above 120 GPa and 100 GPa, respectively. The maximum Tc is 123 K at 195 GPa for R3m-CeBH8, and 115 K at 350 GPa for C2/m-CeBH8. Our work enriches the family of ternary hydrides and may provide a useful guideline for further search for superconducting hydrides at low and moderate pressures.
@article{arxiv.2210.17005,
title = {Superconductivity in CeBeH$_{8}$ and CeBH$_{8}$ at moderate pressures},
author = {Yu Hou and Bin Li and Yan Bai and Xiaofeng Hao and Yeqian Yang and Fengfeng Chi and Shengli Liu and Jie Cheng and Zhixiang Shi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.17005},
year = {2022}
}