Assessing the possible superconductivity in the doped perovskite hydride <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:msub><mml:mi>KMgH</mml:mi><mml:mn>3</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:math>: Effects of lattice anharmonicity and spin fluct
The superconducting properties of uniformly hole-doped perovskite hydride ${\mathrm{KMgH}}_{3}$ with varying doping concentration and lattice parameter corresponding to different pressures were investigated from first principles. The superconducting transition temperature (${T}_{\mathrm{c}}$) was predicted from the density functional theory for superconductors (SCDFT), where the effects of lattice anharmonicity and spin-fluctuation were considered and examined. Although lattice anharmonicity tends to suppress superconductivity around the edge of dynamical stability, where the phase is stabilized due to anharmonic effects, ${T}_{\mathrm{c}}$ is enhanced. In the hole-doped ${\mathrm{KMgH}}_{3}$, substantial spin-fluctuation (SF) effects were discovered, which counter the phonon-mediated pairing and decrease ${T}_{\mathrm{c}}$. Such anomalously strong SF is evaluated for similar hydrides, where the hydrogen $1s$ bands are isolated at the Fermi level, and its correlation with the electronics density of states was explored.
Authors
- Mitsuaki Kawamura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3261-1968)
- Ryosuke Akashi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9399-2335)
- Shinji Tsuneyuki
- Shih‐Lai Lu
Institutions
- National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (JP)
- The University of Tokyo (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. B./Physical review. B
- Published
- 2025-04-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.111.134516
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Inorganic Chemistry and Materials
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.54
Funders
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science