Room-Temperature Superconductivity in Boron-Nitrogen Doped Lanthanum Superhydride

Abstract

Recent theoretical and experimental studies of hydrogen-rich materials at megabar pressures (i.e., >100 GPa) have led to the discovery of very high-temperature superconductivity in these materials. Lanthanum superhydride LaH${}_{10}$ has been of particular focus as the first material to exhibit a superconducting critical temperature (T${}_c$) near room temperature. Experiments indicate that the use of ammonia borane as the hydrogen source can increase the conductivity onset temperatures of lanthanum superhydride to as high as 290 K. Here we examine the doping effects of B and N atoms on the superconductivity of LaH${}_{10}$ in its fcc (Fm-3m) clathrate structure at megabar pressures. Doping at H atomic positions strengthens the H${}_{32}$ cages of the structure to give higher phonon frequencies that enhance the Debye frequency and thus the calculated T${}_c$. The predicted T${}_c$ can reach 288 K in LaH${}_{9.985}$N${}_{0.015}$ within the average high-symmetry structure at 240 GPa.

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