Coexistence of superconductivity and nontrivial band topology in post-transition-metal decorated bilayer kagome borophene <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>M</mml:mi><mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">B</m
Kagome lattice materials have attracted significant research interest due to their unique electronic structures and emergent quantum phenomena. Three-dimensional kagome systems have been extensively investigated, while the exploration of two-dimensional (2D) kagome materials remains relatively limited, presenting both scientific challenges and opportunities. In this work, through systematic first-principles calculations, $M{\mathrm{B}}_{6}$ ($M=\mathrm{In},\phantom{\rule{0.16em}{0ex}}\mathrm{Tl}$), featuring in bilayer kagome borophene, are predicted to exhibit remarkable phonon-mediated superconductivity. These two compounds display superconducting transition temperatures (${T}_{c}$) of 7.0 and 5.0 K, respectively, which are nearly two orders of magnitude higher than the 0.03 K predicted in intrinsic bilayer kagome borophene. Our analysis reveals that the coupling between B-${p}_{z}$, $M\text{\ensuremath{-}}{p}_{x}/{p}_{y}$ ($M=\mathrm{In},\phantom{\rule{0.16em}{0ex}}\mathrm{Tl}$) electrons and low-frequency phonons of metal atoms contributes greatly to their superconductivity. Notably, $M{\mathrm{B}}_{6}$ ($M=\mathrm{In},\phantom{\rule{0.16em}{0ex}}\mathrm{Tl}$) possess nontrivial band topology, suggesting the potential candidates for topological superconductivity. This work not only expands the family of 2D superconducting materials, but also provides a theoretical exploration for novel quantum phenomena in kagome systems.
Authors
- Hong‐Yan Lu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4715-7489)
- Hao Ding (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9635-3940)
- Shu‐Xiang Qiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7092-3333)
- Yi Wan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8591-4175)
- Kaiyue Jiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0395-9662)
- Ping Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1425-3925)
- Ying-Jie Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2375-4409)
Institutions
- Qufu Normal University (CN)
- Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. B./Physical review. B
- Published
- 2025-10-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/hp6g-pdj8
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Topological Materials and Phenomena
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.25