Multigap and high- <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>T</mml:mi> <mml:mi>c</mml:mi> </mml:msub> </mml:math> superconductivity in metal-atom-free borocarbides: Effects of dimensional confinement and strain eng

Pure borocarbides suffer from limited superconducting potential due to intrinsic structural instability, requiring transition/alkali metals as dual-functional stabilizers and dopants. Here, by combining high-throughput screening with anisotropic Migdal-Eliashberg theory, we identify dynamically stable borocarbides where high-${T}_{c}$ superconductivity predominately originates from $E$ symmetry-selective electron-phonon coupling (EPC). The six distinct superconducting gaps emerge from a staircase distribution or uncoupling of EPC strength $\ensuremath{\rho}({\ensuremath{\lambda}}_{k}^{el})$ across each Fermi surface sheet, constituting a metal-free system with such high gap multiplicity. Crucially, dimensional reduction from bulk to surface strengthens $E$-symmetry EPC and enhances ${T}_{c}$ from 32 K [three-dimensional (3D) bulk] to 75 K (2D surface), a result that highlights structural confinement as a key design strategy for observing high ${T}_{c}$. External strain further optimizes the competition between EPC strength and characteristic phonon frequency to achieve ${T}_{c}&gt;90$ K. This work reveals a systematic correlation between structural dimensionality and gap multiplicity and establishes borocarbide as a tunable platform to engineer both high-${T}_{c}$ and multigap superconductivity.

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Physical review. B./Physical review. B
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2025-11-12
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https://doi.org/10.1103/5vv3-qfzr
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Superconductivity in MgB2 and Alloys
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Zhen‐Guo Fu, Bao‐Tian Wang, Hong‐Yan Lu, Ning Hao et al.
Physical review. B./Physical review. B
Superconductivity in MgB2 and Alloys
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Multigap and high- <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>T</mml:mi> <mml:mi>c</mml:mi> </mml:msub> </mml:math> superconductivity in metal-atom-free borocarbides: Effects of dimensional confinement and strain eng

Zhen‐Guo Fu, Bao‐Tian Wang, Hong‐Yan Lu, Ning Hao, Hao-Dong Liu, Huajie Song, Ping Zhang, Weiyi Zhang
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Pure borocarbides suffer from limited superconducting potential due to intrinsic structural instability, requiring transition/alkali metals as dual-functional stabilizers and dopants. Here, by combining high-throughput screening with anisotropic Migdal-Eliashberg theory, we identify dynamically stable borocarbides where high-${T}_{c}$ superconductivity predominately originates from $E$ symmetry-selective electron-phonon coupling (EPC). The six distinct superconducting gaps emerge from a staircase distribution or uncoupling of EPC strength $\ensuremath{\rho}({\ensuremath{\lambda}}_{k}^{el})$ across each Fermi surface sheet, constituting a metal-free system with such high gap multiplicity. Crucially, dimensional reduction from bulk to surface strengthens $E$-symmetry EPC and enhances ${T}_{c}$ from 32 K [three-dimensional (3D) bulk] to 75 K (2D surface), a result that highlights structural confinement as a key design strategy for observing high ${T}_{c}$. External strain further optimizes the competition between EPC strength and characteristic phonon frequency to achieve ${T}_{c}&gt;90$ K. This work reveals a systematic correlation between structural dimensionality and gap multiplicity and establishes borocarbide as a tunable platform to engineer both high-${T}_{c}$ and multigap superconductivity.

Physical review. B./Physical review. BVol. 112(17)
Southwest University of Science and Technology (CN), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN), Qufu Normal University (CN), China Academy of Engineering Physics (CN), Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (CN), High Magnetic Field Laboratory (CN), China Spallation Neutron Source (CN), Institute of High Energy Physics (CN), Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics (CN), Spallation Neutron Source
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Superconductivity in MgB2 and Alloys
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