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Prediction of high-temperature superconductivity in C2/c-24 solid hydrogen

Journal Article · · Physical Review. B
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  1. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
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Recent experimental developments in hydrogen-rich materials at high pressures have put this class of materials above others in the race toward room-temperature superconductivity. As it is the basis of all the materials in this class, the efforts to determine the properties of pure solid hydrogen at high pressures remain intense. Most notably, a recent experimental study of the metallization of hydrogen identified the crystal phase of the solid as the C2/c-24 molecular phase up to ~425 GPa [Loubeyre et al., Nature (London) 577, 631 (2020)10.1038/s41586-019-1927-3]. It is possible that the observed metallization is caused by band structure effects and not a structural phase transition, and the material remains in this crystal phase up to higher pressures [Dogan et al., J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 33, 03LT01 (2020)10.1088/1361-648X/abba8a]. Therefore, it is of crucial importance to determine the superconducting properties of the C2/c-24 phase. Here, we employ a Wannier function-based dense k-point and q-point sampling to compute the electron-phonon coupling and superconducting properties of molecular hydrogen in the C2/c-24 phase. We find that the material has a high superconducting transition temperature of 242 K at 500 GPa. We also find that the transition temperature rapidly increases with pressure in the 400-500-GPa range.
Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1855358
Journal Information:
Physical Review. B, Journal Name: Physical Review. B Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 105; ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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