Metallization and superconductivity in the hydrogen-rich ionic salt BaReH9

Muramatsu, Takaki; Wanene, Wilson K.; Somayazulu, Maddury; Vinitsky, Eugene; Chandra, Dhanesh; Strobel, Timothy A.; Struzhkin, Viktor V.; Hemley, Russell J.

doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b03709

Title: Metallization and superconductivity in the hydrogen-rich ionic salt BaReH₉

Journal Article · Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Journal of Physical Chemistry. C

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b03709· OSTI ID:1335842

Muramatsu, Takaki ^[1]; Wanene, Wilson K. ^[2]; Somayazulu, Maddury ^[1]; Vinitsky, Eugene ^[1]; Chandra, Dhanesh ^[2]; Strobel, Timothy A. ^[1]; Struzhkin, Viktor V. ^[1]; Hemley, Russell J. ^[1]

Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D.C. (United States)
Univ. of Nevada, Reno, NV (United States)

BaReH₉ is an exceedingly high hydrogen content metal hydride that is predicted to exhibit interesting behavior under pressure. The high-pressure electronic properties of this material were investigated using diamond-anvil cell electrical conductivity techniques to megabar (100 GPa) pressures. The measurements show that BeReH₉ transforms to a metal and then superconductor above 100 GPa with a maximum T_c near 7 K. The occurrence of superconductivity is confirmed by the suppression of the resistance drop on application of magnetic fields. The transition to the metallic phase is sluggish, but is accelerated by laser irradiation. Raman scattering and x-ray diffraction measurements, used to supplement the electrical measurements, indicate that the Ba-Re sublattice is largely preserved on compression at the conditions explored, but there is a possibility that hydrogen atoms are gradually disordered under pressure. This is suggested from sharpening of peaks of Raman spectroscopy and x-ray diffraction by heat treatment as well as temperature dependence of resistance under pressure. The data suggest that the transition to the superconducting state is first order. Furthermore, the possibility that the transition is associated with the breakdown of BeReH₉ is discussed.

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Research Organization:: Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D.C. (United States); Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Energy Frontier Research in Extreme Environments (EFree)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0002006; SC0001057

OSTI ID:: 1335842

Journal Information:: Journal of Physical Chemistry. C, Vol. 119, Issue 32; ISSN 1932-7447

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