Structural stability of metal hydrides, alanates and borohydrides of alkali and alkali-earth elements: A review

L George, SK Saxena - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2010 - Elsevier
Alkali and alkali–earth metal hydrides have high hydrogen storage capacity, but high
operation temperature hinders their use. The alanates and borohydrides of alkali and alkali …

Coexistence of superconductivity and electride states in Ca 2 H with an antifluorite-type motif under compression

Q Wang, S Zhang, H Li, H Wang, G Liu, J Ma… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogen-abundant compounds, as highly potential candidates of near-or room-
temperature superconductors, have recently attracted substantial attention. It is noted that …

Prediction of pressure-induced superconductivity in the novel ternary system ScCaH 2n (n= 1–6)

LT Shi, YK Wei, AK Liang, R Turnbull… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogen-rich systems are currently thought to constitute the most promising potential high-
temperature superconductor materials. Here, the high-pressure structure and …

New perspectives on potential hydrogen storage materials using high pressure

Y Song - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
In addressing the global demand for clean and renewable energy, hydrogen stands out as
the most suitable candidate for many fuel applications that require practical and efficient …

Metallic icosahedron phase of sodium at terapascal pressures

Y Li, Y Wang, CJ Pickard, RJ Needs, Y Wang, Y Ma - Physical Review Letters, 2015 - APS
Alkali metals exhibit unexpected structures and electronic behavior at high pressures.
Compression of metallic sodium (Na) to 200 GPa leads to the stability of a wide-band-gap …

Type-I clathrate calcium hydride and its hydrogen-vacancy structures at high pressure

D An, D Duan, Z Zhang, Q Jiang, T Ma, Z Huo, H Song… - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
Recently, the first predicted metal clathrate hydride CaH 6 was successfully synthesized
experimentally and shown to have a superconducting critical temperature T c exceeding 200 …

Theoretical study of the ground-state structures and properties of niobium hydrides under pressure

G Gao, R Hoffmann, NW Ashcroft, H Liu, A Bergara… - Physical Review B …, 2013 - APS
As part of a search for enhanced superconductivity, we explore theoretically the ground-
state structures and properties of some hydrides of niobium over a range of pressures and …

Structural, Electronic, Dynamical, and Superconducting Properties in Dense GeH4(H2)2

G Zhong, C Zhang, X Chen, Y Li… - The Journal of Physical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Hydrogen-rich materials have fascinating physical and chemical properties such as various
structures and superconductivity under high-pressure. In this study, structural, electronic …

Spin-polarized Andreev transport influenced by Coulomb repulsion through a two-quantum-dot system

P Trocha, J Barnaś - Physical Review B, 2014 - APS
Spin-polarized transport through a double quantum dot system attached to a common
superconducting lead and two ferromagnetic electrodes (fork geometry) is investigated …

Structural, mechanical and electronic properties and hardness of ionic vanadium dihydrides under pressure from first-principles computations

W Wang, C Zhang, Y **, S Li, W Zhang, P Kong… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Based on a combination of the CALYPSO method for crystal structure prediction and first-
principles calculations, we explore the crystal structures of VH2 under the pressure range of …