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Dissociation products and structures of solid H2S at strong compression

Journal Article · · Physical Review B
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  1. Jiangsu Normal Univ., Xuzhou (China)
  2. Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Shanghai (China); Jilin Univ., Changchun (China). State Key Lab. of Superhard Materials
  3. Jilin Univ., Changchun (China). State Key Lab. of Superhard Materials; Carnegie Inst. of Washington, Washington D.C. (United States)
  4. Jilin Univ., Changchun (China). State Key Lab. of Superhard Materials
  5. Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
  6. Cavendish Lab., Cambridge (United Kingdom)
  7. Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Shanghai (China)
  8. Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), Gipuzkoa (Spain); Univ. of the Basque Country, Donostia (Spain)
  9. Sorbonne Univ., Paris (France)
Hydrogen sulfides have recently received a great deal of interest due to the record high superconducting temperatures of up to 203 K observed on strong compression of dihydrogen sulfide ( H2S ). A joint theoretical and experimental study is presented in this paper in which decomposition products and structures of compressed H2S are characterized, and their superconducting properties are calculated. In addition to the experimentally known H2S and H3S phases, our first-principles structure searches have identified several energetically competitive stoichiometries that have not been reported previously: H2S3 , H3S2 , HS2 , and H4S3 . In particular, H4S3 is predicted to be thermodynamically stable within a large pressure range of 25–113 GPa. High-pressure x-ray diffraction measurements confirm the presence of H3S and H4S3 through decomposition of H2S that emerges at 27 GPa and coexists with residual H2S , at least up to the highest pressure of 140 GPa studied in our experiments. Electron-phonon coupling calculations show that H4S3 has a small T c of below 2 K, and that H2S is mainly responsible for the observed superconductivity of samples prepared at low temperature ( <100 K).
Research Organization:
Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Energy Frontier Research in Extreme Environments (EFree)
Sponsoring Organization:
Agence nationale de la recherche (ANR); Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)
Grant/Contract Number:
NA0002006; SC0001057
OSTI ID:
1387308
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1234300
Journal Information:
Physical Review B, Journal Name: Physical Review B Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 93; ISSN 2469-9950; ISSN PRBMDO
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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