Nature Communications (May 2022)

Superconductivity above 200 K discovered in superhydrides of calcium

  • Zhiwen Li,
  • Xin He,
  • Changling Zhang,
  • Xiancheng Wang,
  • Sijia Zhang,
  • Yating Jia,
  • Shaomin Feng,
  • Ke Lu,
  • Jianfa Zhao,
  • Jun Zhang,
  • Baosen Min,
  • Youwen Long,
  • Richeng Yu,
  • Luhong Wang,
  • Meiyan Ye,
  • Zhanshuo Zhang,
  • Vitali Prakapenka,
  • Stella Chariton,
  • Paul A. Ginsberg,
  • Jay Bass,
  • Shuhua Yuan,
  • Haozhe Liu,
  • Changqing Jin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30454-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 5

Abstract

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The discovery of superconductivity in hydrides at critical temperature (T c) near room temperature receives intensive attentions. Here the authors report experimental synthesis and discovery of superconductivity with T c above 210 K in calcium superhydrides at 160–190 GPa.