Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2001-03-07
Physical Review B, v.64, p.20502 (Rapid), 2001
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
12 pages, 4 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.64.020502
First principles FLMTO-GGA electronic structure calculations of the new medium-$T_C$ superconductor (MTSC) $MgB_2$ and related diborides indicate that superconductivity in these compounds is related to the the existence of $p_{x,y}$-band holes at the $\Gamma$ point. Based on these calculations, we explain the absence of medium-$T_C$ superconductivity for $BeB_2$, $AlB_2$ $ScB_2$ and $YB_2$. The simulation of a number of $MgB_2$-based ternary systems using a supercell approach demonstrates that (i) the electron doping of $MgB_2$ (i.e., $MgB_{2-y}X_y$ with X=Be, C, N, O) and the creation of isoelectronic defects in the boron sublattice (nonstoichiometric $MgB_{y<2}$) are not favorable for superconductivity, and (ii) a possible way of searching for similar MTSC should be via hole doping of $MgB_2$ (i.e., $Mg_{1-x}M_xB_2$ with M=Be, Ca, Li, Na, Cu, Zn) or $CaB_2$ or via creating layered superstructures of the $MgB_2/CaB_2$ type. A recent report of superconductivity in Cu doped $MgB_2$ supports this view.
Freeman Arthur J.
Ivanovskii Alexander L.
Medvedeva Julia E.
Medvedeva N. I.
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