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Covalent and ionic polyhydrides have become the two main camps in searching for the high-temperature superconductors under pressure. They have been considered as important platforms for exploring ternary or multiple hydrides in order to…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-05-31 Wuhao Chen , Xiaoli Huang , Dmitrii V. Semenok , Su Chen , Kexin Zhang , Artem R. Oganov , Tian Cui

The discovery of a record high superconducting transition temperature (Tc) of 288 K in a pressurized hydride inspires new hope to realize ambient condition superconductivity. Here, we give a perspective on the theoretical and experimental…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-12-21 Dong Wang , Yang Ding , Ho-Kwang Mao

The theoretical exploration of the phase diagrams of binary hydrides under pressure using \emph{ab initio} crystal structure prediction techniques coupled with first-principles calculations has led to the \emph{in silico} discovery of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-02-25 Eva Zurek , Tiange Bi

The measurement of superconductivity at above 200K in compressed samples of hydrogen sulfide and lanthanum hydride at 250K is reinvigorating the search for conventional high temperature superconductors. At the same time it exposes a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-10-02 Chris J. Pickard , Ion Errea , Mikhail I. Eremets

Hydrogen-based superconductors provide a route to the long-sought goal of room-temperature superconductivity, but the high pressures required to metallize these materials limit their immediate application. For example, carbonaceous sulfur…

Room temperature superconductivity has been achieved under high pressure in an organically derived carbonaceous sulfur hydride with a critical superconducting transition temperature (Tc) of 288 kelvin. This development is part of a new…

We report experimental discovery of tantalum polyhydride superconductor. It was synthesized at high pressure and high temperature conditions using diamond anvil cell combined with in-situ high pressure laser heating techniques. The…

Hydrogen-rich superhydrides are believed to be very promising high-T$_c$ superconductors, with experimentally observed critical temperatures near room temperature, as shown in recently discovered lanthanide superhydrides at very high…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-09-09 Evgeny Plekhanov , Zelong Zhao , Francesco Macheda , Yao Wei , Nicola Bonini , Cedric Weber

Metallic hydrogen, existing in remarkably extreme environments, was predicted to exhibit long-sought room-temperature superconductivity. Although the superconductivity of metallic hydrogen has not been confirmed experimentally,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-06-12 Zihan Zhang , Wendi Zhao , Defang Duan , Tian Cui

The current search for room-temperature superconductivity is inspired by the unique properties of the electron-phonon interaction in metal superhydrides. Encouraged by the recently found highest-$T_C$ superconductor fcc-$LaH_{10}$, here we…

Over the past decade, a combination of crystal structure prediction techniques and experimental synthetic work has thoroughly explored the phase diagrams of binary hydrides under pressure. The fruitfulness of this dual approach is…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-02-21 Katerina P. Hilleke , Eva Zurek

High-temperature superconductivity has been observed in binary hydrides such as LaH10 at pressures above 150 GPa. Hydrogen cage structures have been identified as a common motif beneficial for high critical temperatures Tc. Efforts are now…

The study of superconductivity in compressed hydrides is of great interest due to measurements of high critical temperatures (Tc) in the vicinity of room temperature, beginning with the observations of LaH10 at 170-190 GPa. However, the…

Hydrogen-rich materials are the most promising candidates for high-temperature conventional superconductors under ambient pressure. Multinary hydrides have abundant structural configurations and are more promising to find high-temperature…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-08-18 Bo-Wen Yao , Zhenfeng Ouyang , Xiao-Qi Han , Chang-Jiang Wu , Peng-Jie Guo , Ze-Feng Gao , Zhong-Yi Lu

The abundant chemical compositions in ternary hydrides bring much more possibility to explore high temperature superconductors under lower pressure. Here we constructed 115 ternary hydrides on the basis of the elements substitution using 16…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-11-19 Bangshuai Zhu , Dexi Shao , Cuiying Pei , Qi Wang , Juefei Wu , Yanpeng Qi

We report the experimental discovery of superconductivity with critical temperature Tc above 70 K in zirconium polyhydrides, the record high so far for 3d transition metal hydrides. The superconducting zirconium polyhydrides are synthesized…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-04-01 C. L. Zhang , X. He , Z. W. Li , S. J. Zhang , S. M. Feng , X. C. Wang , R. C. Yu , C. Q. Jin

The highest critical temperature of superconductivity Tc has been achieved in cuprates: 133 K at ambient pressure and 164 K at high pressures. As the nature of superconductivity in these materials is still not disclosed, the prospects for a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-12-02 A. P. Drozdov , M. I. Eremets , I. A. Troyan

Hydrides are considered to be one of the most promising families of compounds for achieving high temperature superconductivity. However, there are very few experimental reports of ambient-pressure hydride superconductivity, and the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-03-18 Antonio Sanna , Tiago F. T. Cerqueira , Ekin Dogus Cubuk , Ion Errea , Yue-Wen Fang

Discovery of superconductivity at megabar (MB) pressures in hydrogen sulfide H3S, then in metal polyhydrides, starting with binary, LaH10, etc., and ending with ternary ones, including (La, Y)H10, revolutionized the field of condensed…

Two hydrogen-rich materials, H$_3$S and LaH$_{10}$, synthesized at megabar pressures, have revolutionized the field of condensed matter physics providing the first glimpse to the solution of the hundred-year-old problem of room temperature…