Intermolecular Overlap Geometry Gives Two Classes of Fulleride Superconductor: Electronic Structure of 38 K Tc Cs3C60
G. R. Darling, A. Y. Ganin, M. J. Rosseinsky, Y. Takabayashi, K. Prassides
DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.136404 · Physical Review Letters
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Abstract
Superconductivity emerges for the A15 polymorph of the fulleride Cs3C60 upon compression to a pressure of ∼4 kbar. Using density functional theory we study the bonding in the A15 phase as a function of unit cell volume comparing it to that in the fcc polymorph. We find that, despite its smaller packing density, the bcc-derived A15 phase has both a substantially wider bandwidth for the partially occupied t1u band and a higher density of states at the Fermi level. This result can be traced to the striking differences in the nature of the interanion overlap in the A15 and fcc structures showing that the A15 Cs3C60 phase is not simply yet another superconducting fulleride albeit with a very high Tc—the two sphere packings (body centered versus face centered) observed experimentally produce two electronically distinct classes of fulleride superconductors.
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| Formula | Reported Tc (K) | Pressure (GPa) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cs3C60 Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula. | 38 | 0.7 GPa | unknown |
| Cs3C60 Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula. | 38 | 0.4 GPa | unknown |
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