Pressure-induced high-temperature superconductivity retained without pressure in FeSe single crystals
Abstract
To raise the superconducting-transition temperature (T c ) has been the driving force for the long-sustained effort in superconductivity research. Recent progress in hydrides with T c s up to 287 K under pressure of 267 GPa has heralded a new era of room temperature superconductivity (RTS) with immense technological promise. Indeed, RTS will lift the temperature barrier for the ubiquitous application of superconductivity. Unfortunately, formidable pressure is required to attain such high T c s. The most effective relief to this impasse is to remove the pressure needed while retaining the pressure-induced T c without pressure. Here, we show such a possibility in the pure and doped high-temperature superconductor (HTS) FeSe by retaining, at ambient pressure via pressure quenching (PQ), its T c up to 37 K (quadrupling that of a pristine FeSe at ambient) and other pressure-induced phases. We have also observed that some phases remain stable without pressure at up to 300 K and for at least 7 d. The observations are in qualitative agreement with our ab initio simulations using the solid-state nudged elastic band (SSNEB) method. We strongly believe that the PQ technique developed here can be adapted to the RTS hydrides and other materials of value with minimal effort.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Jul 07, 2021
- Source ID
- 10.1073/pnas.2108938118
Entities
People
- Bin Gao
- Ching-Wu Chu
- Donald Rolston
- Ketao Yin
- Liangzi Deng
- Melissa Gooch
- Pengcheng Dai
- Rabin Dahal
- Tong Chen
- Trevor Bontke
- Xue Li
- Yanming Ma
- Yu Xie
- Zheng Wu
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Jilin University
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Linyi University
- Office of Basic Energy Sciences
- Rice University
- University of Houston