First-principles study of electron-phonon coupling and superconductivity in compound Li2C2

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作者
Gao Miao [1 ,2 ]
Kong Xin [1 ]
Lu Zhong-Yi [2 ]
Xiang Tao [1 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Phys, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China
[2] Renmin Univ China, Dept Phys, Beijing 100872, Peoples R China
[3] Collaborat Innovat Ctr Quantum Matter, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China
基金
中国博士后科学基金; 中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
electron-phonon coupling; superconductivity; first-principles calculation; TEMPERATURE; TRANSITION;
D O I
10.7498/aps.64.214701
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
One-dimensional carbon chains are expected to show outstanding optical and mechanical properties. But synthesis of the compounds containing one-dimensional carbon chains is a challenging work, because of the difficulty in saturating the dangling bonds of carbon atoms. Recently, the transition from the Immm phase to the Cm cm one at a transition pressure 5 GPa has been predicted for Li2C2 by density-functional theory calculations. In Cmcm-Li2C2, there are one-dimensional zigzag carbon chains caged by lithium atoms. Under ambient pressure, the electronic structure of Cmcm-Li2C2 is as follows: The hybridization among 2s, 2p(y), and 2p(z) orbitals of carbon atoms results in three sp(2)-hybridized orbitals that are coplanar with the zigzag chains of these carbon atoms, denoted as the y-z plane. The sp(2)-hybridized orbitals along y-axis (perpendicular to the zigzag chain) overlap with each other and form one pi-bonding band and one pi*-antibonding band. Likewise, the 2p(x) orbitals of carbon atoms will provide also one pi-bonding band and one pi*-antibonding band. These two pi*-antibonding bands cross the Fermi level and contribute to the metallicity of Cmcm-Li2C2. The other two sp(2)-hybridized orbitals will give two sigma-bonding bands, whose band tops are about 5 eV below the Fermi energy level. These two fully occupied sigma bands are the framework of the zigzag carbon chains. The changes in electronic structure of Cmcm-Li2C2 under 5 GPa are negligible, compared with that in case of ambient pressure. To our best knowledge, there is no report upon the superconductivity for compounds containing one dimensional carbon chains. We choose Cmcm-Li2C2 as a model system to investigate its electron-phonon coupling and phonon-mediated superconductivity. To determine the phonon-mediated superconductivity, the electron-phonon coupling constant lambda and logarithmic average frequency ! log are calculated based on density functional perturbation theory and Eliashberg equations. We find that lambda and omega(log) are equal to 0.63 and 53.8 meV respectively at ambient pressure for Cmcm-Li2C2. In comparison, both the phonon density of states and the Eliashberg spectral function alpha F-2(omega) are slightly blue-shifted at a pressure of 5 GPa. Correspondingly, lambda and omega(log) are calculated to be 0.56 and 58.2 meV at 5 GPa. Utilizing McMillian-Allen-Dynes formula, we find that the superconducting transition temperatures (T-c) for Cmcm-Li2C2 are 13.2 K and 9.8 K, respectively, at ambient pressure and 5 GPa. We also find that two phonon modes B-1g and A(g) at Gamma point have strong coupling with pi* electrons. Among lithium carbide compounds, the superconductivity is only observed in LiC2 below 1.9 K. Besides LiC2, theoretical calculations also predicted superconductivity in mono-layer LiC6, with T-c being 8.1 K. So if the superconductivity of Cmcm-Li2C2 is confirmed by experiment, it will be the first superconducting compound containing one dimensional carbon chains and its T-c will be the highest one among lithium carbide compounds. Thus experimental research to explore the possible superconductivity in Cmcm-Li2C2 is called for.
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