study of Li-Mg-B superconductors
arXiv:2208.12855 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.6.084801
Abstract
LiB, a predicted layered compound analogous to the MgB superconductor, has been recently synthesized via cold compression and quenched to ambient pressure, yet its superconducting properties have not been measured. According to prior isotropic superconductivity calculations, the critical temperature () was expected to be only 1015 K. Using the anisotropic Migdal-Eliashberg formalism, we show that the may actually exceed 32 K. Our analysis of the contribution from different electronic states helps explain the detrimental effect of pressure and doping on the compound's superconducting properties. In the search for related superconductors, we screened Li-Mg-B binary and ternary layered materials and found metastable phases with close to or even 1020% above the record 39 K value in MgB. Our reexamination of the Li-B binary phase stability reveals a possible route to synthesize the LiB superconductor at lower pressures readily achievable in multianvil cells.
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