Electronic structure of superconducting KC$_8$ and non-superconducting LiC$_6$ graphite intercalation compounds: Evidence for a graphene-sheet-driven superconducting state
Z. -H. Pan, J. Camacho, M. H. Upton, A. V. Fedorov, C. A. Howard, M. Ellerby, T. Valla
We have performed photoemission studies of the electronic structure in LiC$_6$ and KC$_8$, a non-superconducting and a superconducting graphite intercalation compound, respectively. We have found that the charge transfer from the intercalant layers to graphene layers is larger in KC$_8$ than in LiC$_6$, opposite of what might be expected from their chemical composition. We have also measured the strength of the electron-phonon interaction on the graphene-derived Fermi surface to carbon derived phonons in both materials and found that it follows a universal trend where the coupling strength and superconductivity monotonically increase with the filling of graphene $π^{\ast}$ states. This correlation suggests that both graphene-derived electrons and graphene-derived phonons are crucial for superconductivity in graphite intercalation compounds.
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Superconductivity at 22.3 K in Compressed Sodium-intercalated Graphite
Center for High Pressure Science, State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University（燕山大学亚稳材料科学与国家重点实验室高压科学中心）；Hebei Key Laboratory of Microstructural Material Physics, School of Science, Yanshan University（燕山大学理学院河北省微观结构材料物理重点实验室）；Key Laboratory of Weak-Light Nonlinear Photonics, School of Physics, Nankai University（南开大学物理学院弱光非线性光子学重点实验室）
Superconductivity in the Intercalated Graphite Compounds C6Yb and C6Ca
本文报道了在等结构石墨层间化合物C_6Yb和C_6Ca中发现的超导电性，其转变温度分别为6.5K和11.5K。这些化合物的结构表征表明，它们是六方层状系统在同一类的其他石墨插层。如果我们假设所有的外层s-电子都从嵌入物转移到石墨片上，那么这些化合物中的电荷转移与其他超导石墨嵌入物如C8 K 1，2相当。然而，C6 Yb和C6 Ca的超导转变温度高达两个数量级。有趣的是，超导上临界场的研究和电阻率测量表明，这些化合物是显着更各向同性比纯石墨。这是出乎意料的，因为引入插层剂的效果是使石墨层进一步分开。
