[HTML][HTML] A perspective on conventional high-temperature superconductors at high pressure: Methods and materials

JA Flores-Livas, L Boeri, A Sanna, G Profeta, R Arita… - Physics Reports, 2020 - Elsevier
Two hydrogen-rich materials, H 3 S and LaH 10, synthesized at megabar pressures, have
revolutionized the field of condensed matter physics providing the first glimpse to the …

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 …

Second group of high-pressure high-temperature lanthanide polyhydride superconductors

W Sun, X Kuang, HDJ Keen, C Lu, A Hermann - Physical Review B, 2020 - APS
Rare-earth polyhydrides formed under pressure are promising conventional
superconductors, with the critical temperature T c in compressed LaH 10 almost reaching …

High-pressure hydrogen sulfide from first principles: a strongly anharmonic phonon-mediated superconductor

I Errea, M Calandra, CJ Pickard, J Nelson, RJ Needs… - Physical review …, 2015 - APS
We use first-principles calculations to study structural, vibrational, and superconducting
properties of H 2 S at pressures P≥ 200 GPa. The inclusion of zero-point energy leads to …

Semimetallic two-dimensional boron allotrope with massless Dirac fermions

XF Zhou, X Dong, AR Oganov, Q Zhu, Y Tian… - Physical Review Letters, 2014 - APS
It has been widely accepted that planar boron structures, composed of triangular and
hexagonal motifs are the most stable two-dimensional (2D) phases and likely precursors for …

Anharmonic free energies and phonon dispersions from the stochastic self-consistent harmonic approximation: Application to platinum and palladium hydrides

I Errea, M Calandra, F Mauri - Physical Review B, 2014 - APS
Harmonic calculations based on density-functional theory are generally the method of
choice for the description of phonon spectra of metals and insulators. The inclusion of …

First-principles study of the pressure and crystal-structure dependences of the superconducting transition temperature in compressed sulfur hydrides

R Akashi, M Kawamura, S Tsuneyuki, Y Nomura… - Physical Review B, 2015 - APS
We calculate the superconducting transition temperatures (T c) in sulfur hydrides H 2 S and
H 3 S from first principles using the density functional theory for superconductors. At …

First-principles search of hot superconductivity in La-X-H ternary hydrides

S Di Cataldo, W von der Linden, L Boeri - npj Computational Materials, 2022 - nature.com
Motivated by the recent claim of hot superconductivity with critical temperatures up to 550 K
in La+ x hydrides, we investigate the high-pressure phase diagram of compounds that may …

Predicting crystal structures and properties of matter under extreme conditions via quantum mechanics: the pressure is on

E Zurek, W Grochala - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Experimental studies of compressed matter are now routinely conducted at pressures
exceeding 1 mln atm (100 GPa) and occasionally at pressures greater than 10 mln atm (1 …

The search for superconductivity in high pressure hydrides

T Bi, N Zarifi, T Terpstra, E Zurek - arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.00163, 2018 - arxiv.org
The computational and experimental exploration of the phase diagrams of binary hydrides
under high pressure has uncovered phases with novel stoichiometries and structures, some …