We gratefully acknowledge support from
the Simons Foundation and member institutions.
Full-text links:

Download:

Current browse context:

cond-mat.supr-con

Change to browse by:

References & Citations

Bookmark

(what is this?)
CiteULike logo BibSonomy logo Mendeley logo del.icio.us logo Digg logo Reddit logo

Condensed Matter > Superconductivity

Title: Discovery of superconductivity in technetium-borides at moderate pressures

Abstract: Advances in theoretical calculations boosted the searches for high temperature superconductors, such as sulfur hydrides and rare-earth polyhydrides. However, the required extremely high pressures for stabilizing these superconductors handicapped further implementations. Based upon thorough structural searches, we identified series of unprecedented superconducting technetium-borides at moderate pressures, including TcB (P6$_3$/mmc) with superconducting transition temperature $T_{\text{c}}$ = 20.2 K at ambient pressure and TcB$_2$ (P6/mmm) with $T_{\text{c}}$ = 23.1 K at 20 GPa. Superconductivity in these technetium-borides mainly originates from the coupling between the low frequency vibrations of technetium-atoms and the dominant technetium-4d electrons at the Fermi level. Our works therefore present a fresh group in the family of superconducting borides, whose diversified crystal structures suggest rich possibilities in discovery of other superconducting transition-metal-borides.
Subjects: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con); Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
Cite as: arXiv:2403.15283 [cond-mat.supr-con]
  (or arXiv:2403.15283v1 [cond-mat.supr-con] for this version)

Submission history

From: Peng Zhang [view email]
[v1] Fri, 22 Mar 2024 15:29:05 GMT (831kb,D)

Link back to: arXiv, form interface, contact.