Heavy boron doping in superconducting carbon materials

Sakai, Yuki; Chelikowsky, James R.; Cohen, Marvin L.

doi:10.1103/physrevmaterials.4.054801

Heavy boron doping in superconducting carbon materials

Journal Article · Mon May 04 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Physical Review Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevmaterials.4.054801· OSTI ID:1737616

Sakai, Yuki ^[1]; Chelikowsky, James R. ^[1]; Cohen, Marvin L. ^[2]

Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Materials Sciences Division

Here we examine physical properties of heavily boron-doped sp³-hybridized carbon allotropes: cubic diamond, hexagonal diamond, and body centered tetragonal C₄. The structural similarity between cubic diamond and hexagonal diamond leads to similar responses to substitutional boron doping. On the other hand, body centered tetragonal C₄ exhibits distinct structural and electronic properties because of its characteristic structure. Our study also shows that the superconducting transition temperatures up to 60 K are possible in heavily doped carbon materials despite their various atomistic structures.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)

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

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; FG02-06ER46286

OSTI ID:: 1737616

Journal Information:: Physical Review Materials, Journal Name: Physical Review Materials Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 4; ISSN 2475-9953

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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