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We present a brief review of some recent work on the problem of highest achievable temperature of superconducting transition $T_c$ in electron-phonon systems. The discovery of record-breaking values of $T_c$ in quite a number of hydrides…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-11-11 M. V. Sadovskii

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 mechanisms for strong electron-phonon coupling predicted for hydrogen-rich alloys with high superconducting critical temperature ($T_c$) are examined within the Migdal-Eliashberg theory. Analysis of the functional derivative of $T_c$…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-09-28 K. Tanaka , J. S. Tse , H. Liu

The theoretical maximum critical temperature ($T_c$) for conventional superconductors at ambient pressure remains a fundamental question in condensed matter physics. Through analysis of electron-phonon calculations for over 20,000 metals,…

Experimental discovery of near-room-temperature superconductivity in highly compressed hydrogen sulfate started a new era in superconductivity. To date, researchers have made the discovery of dozens of superconducting hydride phases with…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-01-04 E. F. Talantsev

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 discovery of high critical temperature T_{c} superconductivity in highly compressed H_{3}S has opened up the question of searching for strong electron-phonon coupling in the hydrides outside the transition metal series. The specific…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-08-08 P. -H. Chang , S. Silayi , D. A. Papaconstantopoulos , M. J. Mehl

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…

We survey the landscape of binary hydrides across the entire periodic table from 10 to 500 GPa using a crystal structure prediction method. Building a critical temperature ($T_c$) model, with inputs arising from density of states…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-08-11 Alice M. Shipley , Michael J. Hutcheon , Richard J. Needs , Chris J. Pickard

Pressure-stabilized hydrides are a new rapidly growing class of high-temperature superconductors which is believed to be described within the conventional phonon-mediated mechanism of coupling. Here we report the synthesis of yttrium…

The discoveries of high-temperature superconductivity in H3S and LaH10 have excited the search for superconductivity in compressed hydrides. In contrast to rapidly expanding theoretical studies, high-pressure experiments on hydride…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-09-15 Wuhao Chen , Dmitrii V. Semenok , Xiaoli Huang , Haiyun Shu , Xin Li , Defang Duan , Tian Cui , Artem R. Oganov

Searching for superconducting hydrides has so far largely focused on finding materials exhibiting the highest possible critical temperatures ($T_c$). This has led to a bias towards materials stabilised at very high pressures, which…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-04-29 Michael J. Hutcheon , Alice M. Shipley , Richard J. Needs

We present a new technique for measuring the critical temperature Tc in the high pressure, high Tc electron-phonon-driven superconducting hydrides. This technique does not require connecting leads to the sample. In the multiphonon region of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-08-01 J. P. Carbotte , E. J. Nicol , T. Timusk

Recently, C. M. P\'epin \textit{et al.} [Science \textbf{357}, 382 (2017)] reported the formation of several new iron polyhydrides FeH$_x$ at pressures in the megabar range, and spotted FeH$_5$, which forms above 130 GPa, as a potential…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-06-15 Christoph Heil , Giovanni B. Bachelet , Lilia Boeri

Search for stable high-pressure compounds in the Ti--H system reveals the existence of titanium hydrides with new stoichiometries, including Ibam-Ti$_2$H$_5$, I4/m-Ti$_5$H$_{13}$, I$\bar{4}$-Ti$_5$H$_{14}$, Fddd-TiH$_4$,…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-05-20 Jin Zhang , Jeffrey M. McMahon , Artem R. Oganov , Xinfeng Li , Xiao Dong , Huafeng Dong , Shengnan Wang

New stable thorium decahydride $Fm\bar{3}m$-$ThH_{10}$, a record high-temperature superconductor with $T_C$ up to 241 K ($-32^{\circ}C$), critical field $H_C$ up to 71T and superconducting gap ${\Delta_0}$ = 52 meV at 80-100 GPa was…

At present, metal hydrides are considered highly promising materials for phonon-mediated superconductors, that exhibit high values of the critical temperature. In the present study, the superconducting properties of the compressed selenium…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-02-24 Ewa A. Drzazga-Szczȩśniak , Adam Z. Kaczmarek

The search for room temperature superconductivity has accelerated dramatically in the last few years driven largely by theoretical predictions that first indicated alloying dense hydrogen with other elements could produce conventional…

Recently, an extremely high superconducting temperature (Tc) of ~200 K has been reported in the sulfur hydride system above 100 GPa. This result is supported by theoretical predictions and verified experimentally. The crystal structure of…

Recent discovery of superconductive rare earth/actinide superhydrides has ushered in a new era of superconductivity research at high pressures. This distinct type of clathrate metal hydrides was first proposed for alkaline-earth-metal…