Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

Superconductivity up to 243 K in the yttrium-hydrogen system under high pressure

  • Panpan Kong,
  • Vasily S. Minkov,
  • Mikhail A. Kuzovnikov,
  • Alexander P. Drozdov,
  • Stanislav P. Besedin,
  • Shirin Mozaffari,
  • Luis Balicas,
  • Fedor Fedorovich Balakirev,
  • Vitali B. Prakapenka,
  • Stella Chariton,
  • Dmitry A. Knyazev,
  • Eran Greenberg,
  • Mikhail I. Eremets

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25372-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The discovery of high temperature superconductivity in hydrogen-rich compounds stimulates further extensive studies. Here, the authors report superconductivity in pressurized yttrium-hydrogen system with highest predicted T c among binary compounds.