Superconducting hydrides under pressure

CJ Pickard, I Errea, MI Eremets - Annual Review of Condensed …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
The measurement of superconductivity at above 200 K in compressed samples of hydrogen
sulfide and in lanthanum hydride at 250 K is reinvigorating the search for conventional high …

Superconducting binary hydrides: Theoretical predictions and experimental progresses

G Gao, L Wang, M Li, J Zhang, RT Howie… - Materials Today …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hydrogen, the lightest element in the periodic table, has been predicted to metalize under
extreme compression. Metallic hydrogen is believed to be a room-temperature …

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

P Kong, VS Minkov, MA Kuzovnikov… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
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 …

Magnetic field screening in hydrogen-rich high-temperature superconductors

VS Minkov, SL Bud'ko, FF Balakirev… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
In the last few years, the superconducting transition temperature, T c, of hydrogen-rich
compounds has increased dramatically, and is now approaching room temperature …

Synthesis and stability of lanthanum superhydrides

ZM Geballe, H Liu, AK Mishra, M Ahart… - Angewandte …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Recent theoretical calculations predict that megabar pressure stabilizes very hydrogen‐rich
simple compounds having new clathrate‐like structures and remarkable electronic …

High-temperature superconductivity in alkaline and rare earth polyhydrides at high pressure: A theoretical perspective

E Zurek, T Bi - The Journal of chemical physics, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
The theoretical exploration of the phase diagrams of binary hydrides under pressure using
ab initio crystal structure prediction techniques coupled with first principles calculations has …

High-temperature superconductivity on the verge of a structural instability in lanthanum superhydride

D Sun, VS Minkov, S Mozaffari, Y Sun, Y Ma… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The possibility of high, room-temperature superconductivity was predicted for metallic
hydrogen in the 1960s. However, metallization and superconductivity of hydrogen are yet to …

High-pressure synthesis of seven lanthanum hydrides with a significant variability of hydrogen content

D Laniel, F Trybel, B Winkler, F Knoop… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The lanthanum-hydrogen system has attracted significant attention following the report of
superconductivity in LaH10 at near-ambient temperatures and high pressures. Phases other …

Hole-doped room-temperature superconductivity in H3S1-xZx (Z= C, Si)

Y Ge, F Zhang, RP Dias, RJ Hemley, Y Yao - Materials Today Physics, 2020 - Elsevier
We examine the effects of the low-level substitution of S atoms by C and Si atoms on the
superconductivity of H 3 S with the I m 3¯ m structure at megabar pressures. The hole …

Compressed superhydrides: the road to room temperature superconductivity

M Du, W Zhao, T Cui, D Duan - Journal of Physics: Condensed …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Room-temperature superconductivity has been a long-held dream and an area of intensive
research. The discovery of H 3 S and LaH 10 under high pressure, with superconducting …