Superconducting Gap of Pressure Stabilized (Al_0.5Zr_0.5)H₃ from Ab Initio Anisotropic Migdal–Eliashberg Theory

Abstract

Motivated by Matthias’ sixth rule for finding new superconducting materials in a cubic symmetry, we report the cluster expansion calculations, based on the density functional theory, of the superconducting properties of Al 0.5 Zr 0.5 H 3 . The Al 0.5 Zr 0.5 H 3 structure is thermodynamically and dynamically stable up to at least 200 GPa. The structural properties suggest that the Al 0.5 Zr 0.5 H 3 structure is a metallic. We calculate a superconducting transition temperature using the Allen–Dynes modified McMillan equation and anisotropic Migdal–Eliashberg equation. As result of this, the anisotropic Migdal–Eliashberg equation demonstrated that it exhibits superconductivity under high pressure with relatively high- T c of 55.3 K at a pressure of 100 GPa among a family of simple cubic structures. Therefore, these findings suggest that superconductivity could be observed experimentally in Al 0.5 Zr 0.5 H 3 .

Low-frequency electron–phonon interaction and superconductivity in L12 -type trialuminides Al3V

“…Based on our calculation, the D0 22 -type Al 3 V does not possess superconductivity with or without compression. However, the L1 2 cubic polymorph (space group Pm 3m, 221) of Al 3 V exhibits robust superconductivity, which is surprisingly in good agreement with one of the Matthias rules: high symmetry is good, cubic symmetry is the best [30,[40][41][42][43][44][45].…”