Hydrogen is expected to be a metal at sufficient high pressures[1]while it can also be a high temperature superconductor based on BCS theory because of its high Debye temperature arising from the light mass of hydroge...Hydrogen is expected to be a metal at sufficient high pressures[1]while it can also be a high temperature superconductor based on BCS theory because of its high Debye temperature arising from the light mass of hydrogen[2].Since it is very challenging to reach the pressure for the hydrogen metallization,the “chemically precompressed” hydrogen-rich compounds were in turn proposed[3,4]to realize high temperature superconductivity at lower pressures.The experimental discovery of high temperature superconductivity[5]in SH3 has greatly stimulated efforts to explore new hydrogen-rich superconductors,such as in rare earth polyhydrides[6,7].展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of ChinaChinese Academy of Sciences through Research Projects(2018YFA0305700,11921004,and XDB33010200)。
文摘Hydrogen is expected to be a metal at sufficient high pressures[1]while it can also be a high temperature superconductor based on BCS theory because of its high Debye temperature arising from the light mass of hydrogen[2].Since it is very challenging to reach the pressure for the hydrogen metallization,the “chemically precompressed” hydrogen-rich compounds were in turn proposed[3,4]to realize high temperature superconductivity at lower pressures.The experimental discovery of high temperature superconductivity[5]in SH3 has greatly stimulated efforts to explore new hydrogen-rich superconductors,such as in rare earth polyhydrides[6,7].