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The search for high-temperature superconductors in hydrides under high pressure has always been a research hotspot. Hydrogen-based superconductors offer an avenue to achieve the long-sought goal of superconductivity at room temperature. We…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-05-22 Ming Xu , Defang Duan , Wendi Zhao , Decheng An , Hao Song , Tian Cui

For seven decades by A-15 superconductors we meant metallic $A_3B$ alloys (where A is a transition metal, and B is groups IIIB and IVB element) discovered by Hardy and Hulm (Phys. Rev. 89, 884 (1953)). Nb3Ge exhibited the highest…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-08-20 E. F. Talantsev , V. V. Chistyakov

We used our developed AI search engine~(InvDesFlow) to perform extensive investigations regarding ambient stable superconducting hydrides. A cubic structure Li$_2$AuH$_6$ with Au-H octahedral motifs is identified to be a candidate. After…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-05-15 Zhenfeng Ouyang , Bo-Wen Yao , Xiao-Qi Han , Peng-Jie Guo , Ze-Feng Gao , Zhong-Yi Lu

Recently, an alkaline earth hydride CaH$_6$ having a sodalitelike clathrate structure has been experimentally synthesized at megabar pressures with a maximum $T_c$ of 215 K, comparable to that of a rare earth hydride LaH$_{10}$. Here, based…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-09-14 Hyunsoo Jeon , Chongze Wang , Shuyuan Liu , Jin Mo Bok , Yunkyu Bang , Jun-Hyung Cho

Compressed hydrogen-rich compounds have received extensive attention as appealing contenders for superconductors, and further challenges are maintaining the stability and superconductivity of hydrides at lower pressures. In this work, we…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-02-22 Wendi Zhao , Defang Duan , Hao Song , Mingyang Du , Qiwen Jiang , Tiancheng Ma , Ming Xu , Tian Cui

Hydrogen-rich superhydrides are promising high-Tc superconductors, with superconductivity experimentally observed near room temperature, as shown in recently discovered lanthanide superhydrides at very high pressures, e.g. LaH10 at 170 GPa…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-01-14 Yao Wei , Francesco Macheda , Zelong Zhao , Terence Tse , Evgeny Plekhanov , Nicola Bonini , Cedric Weber

The recent high-pressure experimental discovery of superconductivity in (La,Y)H$_{10}$, (La,Ce)H$_{9}$, (La,Ce)H$_{10}$, (Y,Ce)H$_{9}$, and (La,Nd)H$_{10}$ shows that the ternary rare-earth clathrate hydride can be promising candidate for…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-02-02 Peng Song , Zhufeng Hou , Kenta Hongo , Ryo Maezono

The compressed hydrogen-rich compounds have received extensive attention as promising candidates for room temperature superconductivity, however, the high pressure required to stabilize such materials hinders their wide practical…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-11-14 Wendi Zhao , Defang Duan , Decheng An , Qiwen Jiang , Zhengtao Liu , Tiancheng Ma , Zihao Huo , Jianhui Du , Tian Cui

Two recent experiments [M. Somayazulu $et$ $al$., Phys. Rev. Lett. ${\bf 122}$, 027001 (2019) and A. P. Drozdov $et$ $al$., Nature ${\bf 569}$, 528 (2019)] reported the discovery of superconductivity in the fcc phase of LaH$_{10}$ at a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-08-14 Chongze Wang , Seho Yi , Jun-Hyung Cho

Applying pressure around megabar is indispensable in the synthesis of high-temperature superconducting hydrides, such as SH$_3$ and LaH$_{10}$. Stabilizing the high-pressure phase of hydride around ambient condition is a severe challenge.…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-05-17 Miao Gao , Peng-Jie Guo , Huan-Cheng Yang , Xun-Wang Yan , Fengjie Ma , Zhong-Yi Lu , Tao Xiang , Hai-Qing Lin

Clathrate hydride \emph{Fm}\={3}\emph{m}-LaH$_{10}$ has been proven as the most extraordinary superconductor with the critical temperature $T_c$ above 250 K upon compression of hundreds of GPa in recent years. A general hope is to reduce…

The discovery of high-temperature superconductors remains a central challenge in materials science. Hydrogen-rich compounds are among the most promising candidates, as they can exhibit phonon-mediated superconductivity at elevated critical…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-12-24 Maélie Caussé , Kieran Bozier , Peter I. C. Cooke , Stefano Racioppi , Chris J. Pickard

We present a computational investigation into the effects of chemical doping with 15 different elements on phase stability and superconductivity in the LaH10 structure. Most doping elements were found to induce softening of phonon modes,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-08-04 Zepeng Wu , Yang Sun , Artur P. Durajski , Feng Zheng , Vladimir Antropov , Kai-Ming Ho , Shunqing Wu

Discovery of high-temperature superconductivity in hydrogen-rich compounds has fuelled the enthusiasm for finding materials with more promising superconducting properties among hydrides. However, the ultrahigh pressure needed to synthesize…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-09-22 Miao Gao , Xun-Wang Yan , Zhong-Yi Lu , Tao Xiang

The research on hydrogen-rich ternary compounds attract tremendous attention for it paves new route to room-temperature superconductivity at lower pressures. Here, we study the crystal structures, electronic structures, and superconducting…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-12-19 Juefei Wu , Bangshuai Zhu , Chi Ding , Cuiying Pei , Qi Wang , Jian Sun , Yanpeng Qi

This study presents a computational investigation of X4H15 compounds (where X represents a metal) as potential superconductors at ambient conditions or under pressure. Through systematic density functional theory calculations and…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-05-01 Kun Gao , Wenwen Cui , Tiago F. T. Cerqueira , Hai-ChenWang , Silvana Botti , Miguel A. L. Marque

Intuitively, doping represents one of the most promising avenues for optimization of best prospect superconductors (SC) such as conventional high-pressure SCs with record critical temperatures. However, doping at high pressure (HP) is very…

Superconductivity in the recently proposed ground-state structures of atomic metallic hydrogen is investigated over the pressure range 500 GPa to 3.5 TPa. Near molecular dissociation, the electron--phonon coupling $\lambda$ and renormalized…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-28 Jeffrey M. McMahon , David M. Ceperley

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…

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…

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