Superconductivity up to 243 K in the yttrium-hydrogen system under high pressure

Kong, Panpan; Minkov, Vasily S.; Kuzovnikov, Mikhail A.; Drozdov, Alexander P.; Besedin, Stanislav P.; Mozaffari, Shirin; Balicas, Luis; Balakirev, Fedor Fedorovich; Prakapenka, Vitali B.; Chariton, Stella; Knyazev, Dmitry A.; Greenberg, Eran; Eremets, Mikhail I.

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-25372-2

Title: Superconductivity up to 243 K in the yttrium-hydrogen system under high pressure

Journal Article · 20 August 2021 · Nature Communications

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25372-2 · OSTI ID:1814995

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Max Planck Inst. for Chemistry, Mainz (Germany)
Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Chernogolovka (Russian Federation). Inst. of Solid State Physics
Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States). National High Magnetic Field Lab.
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States). Center for Advanced Radiation Sources
Max Planck Inst. of Microstructure Physics, Halle (Germany)

The discovery of superconducting H₃S with a critical temperature T_c~200 K opened a door to room temperature superconductivity and stimulated further extensive studies of hydrogen-rich compounds stabilized by high pressure. Here, we report a comprehensive study of the yttrium-hydrogen system with the highest predicted T_cs among binary compounds and discuss the contradictions between different theoretical calculations and experimental data. We synthesized yttrium hydrides with the compositions of YH₃, YH₄, YH₆ and YH₉ in a diamond anvil cell and studied their crystal structures, electrical and magnetic transport properties, and isotopic effects. We found superconductivity in the Im-3m YH₆ and P6₃/mmc YH₉ phases with maximal T_cs of ~220 K at 183 GPa and ~243 K at 201 GPa, respectively. Fm-3m YH₁₀ with the highest predicted T_c > 300 K was not observed in our experiments, and instead, YH₉ was found to be the hydrogen-richest yttrium hydride in the studied pressure and temperature range up to record 410 GPa and 2250 K.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS); Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States); Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: 89233218CNA000001; AC02-06CH11357; FG02-94ER14466; SC0002613

OSTI ID:: 1814995

Report Number(s):: LA-UR--19-30094; APS_263164

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 12; ISSN 2041-1723

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: ENGLISH

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