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High-pressure study of the low- Z rich superconductor Be22Re
- Source :
- Physical Review B. 104
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- American Physical Society (APS), 2021.
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Abstract
- With ${T}_{c}\ensuremath{\sim}9.6\phantom{\rule{0.16em}{0ex}}\mathrm{K}, {\mathrm{Be}}_{22}\mathrm{Re}$ exhibits one of the highest critical temperatures among Be-rich compounds. We have carried out a series of high-pressure electrical resistivity measurements on this compound to 30 GPa. The data show that the critical temperature ${T}_{c}$ is suppressed gradually at a rate of $d{T}_{c}/dP=\ensuremath{-}0.05\phantom{\rule{0.16em}{0ex}}\mathrm{K}/\mathrm{GPa}$. Using density functional theory (DFT) calculations of the electronic and phonon density of states (DOS) and the measured critical temperature, we estimate that the rapid increase in lattice stiffening in ${\mathrm{Be}}_{22}\mathrm{Re}$ overwhelms a moderate increase in the electron-ion interaction with pressure, resulting in the decrease in ${T}_{c}$. High-pressure x-ray diffraction measurements show that the ambient pressure crystal structure of ${\mathrm{Be}}_{22}\mathrm{Re}$ persists to at least 154 GPa.
Details
- ISSN :
- 24699969 and 24699950
- Volume :
- 104
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Physical Review B
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........a949a0f665b3d58058cff66e500066f2