Pressure-driven significant phonon mode softening and robust superconductivity in layered germanium phosphide

Song, Jingyan; Fei, Ge; Liu, Xiaobing; Duan, Shuai; Yang, Bingchao; Chen, Xin; Singh, David J.; Liu, Yunxian; Yang, Liuxiang; Guo, Jiangang; Zhang, Ping

doi:10.1039/d0ta07243e

Pressure-driven significant phonon mode softening and robust superconductivity in layered germanium phosphide

Journal Article · Sat Sep 19 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Journal of Materials Chemistry. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/d0ta07243e· OSTI ID:1673422

Song, Jingyan ^[1]; Fei, Ge ^[2]; ^[2]; Duan, Shuai ^[2]; ^[2]; ^[2]; ^[3]; ^[2]; Yang, Liuxiang ^[4]; Guo, Jiangang ^[5]; Zhang, Ping ^[6]

Qufu Normal University (China); Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Beijing (China); University of Missouri
Qufu Normal University (China)
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (United States)
Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Beijing (China)
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (China); Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Guangdong (China)
Qufu Normal University (China); Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing (China)

Recent discoveries in high pressure science have revealed entirely unexpected chemical behavior of two-dimensional (2D) materials. However, there is still a lack of unambiguous insight on the pressure-driven behavior of in-plane bonds in the 2D layered structures. Layered germanium phosphide (GeP₅) is a metal with honeycomb-like sheets structurally similar to semiconducting black phosphorous, but with electrical conductivity ten times higher than that of graphite. Here, we report a remarkable pressure-dependent structural transformation that includes lengthening of the main in-plane bonds under pressure, although practically high pressure usually leads to shorter stiffer bonds. In situ Raman measurements show that there is significant phonon mode softening through the 2D–3D structural reconstruction, correlating with the in-plane bond extensions in GeP₅ upon compression. This is accompanied by unusually superconducting behavior, on both sides of the transformation. Furthermore, this superconductivity with a maximum transition value of 10.5 K at 13.5 GPa shows a robust character without obvious reduction up to 60 GPa and is accompanied by pressure-induced amorphization in GeP₅. Our experimental results, together with those from first principles calculations, not only provide the detailed high-pressure phase diagram of GeP₅ but also connect the pressure-dependent bond extension with enhanced superconductivity.

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Research Organization:: University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0019114

OSTI ID:: 1673422

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1712453
OSTI ID: 1664621

Journal Information:: Journal of Materials Chemistry. A, Journal Name: Journal of Materials Chemistry. A Journal Issue: 38 Vol. 8; ISSN 2050-7488

Publisher:: Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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