Superconducting high pressure phase of germane

作者:Gao Guoying; Oganov Artem R; Bergara Aitor; Martinez C****es Miguel; Cui Tian; Iitaka Toshiaki; Ma Yanming*; Zou Guangtian
来源:Physical Review Letters, 2008, 101(10): 107002.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.107002

摘要

High-pressure structures of germane (GeH(4)) are explored through ab initio evolutionary methodology to reveal a metallic monoclinic structure of C2/c (4 molecules/cell). The C2/c structure consists of layerlike motifs containing novel "H(2)" units. Enthalpy calculations suggest a remarkably wide decomposition (Ge+H(2)) pressure range of 0-196 GPa, above which C2/c structure is stable. Perturbative linear-response calculations for C2/c GeH(4) at 220 GPa predict a large electron-phonon coupling parameter lambda of 1.12 and the resulting superconducting critical temperature reaches 64 K.