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氮掺杂氢化镥中的主要组分与压力诱导的颜色变化

Leading components and pressure-induced color changes in N-doped lutetium hydride

Xiangru Tao, Aiqin Yang, Shuxiang Yang, Yundi Quan, Peng Zhang

AI总结:

本研究通过密度泛函理论结构预测,确定氮掺杂氢化镥的主要组分为LuH2和少量LuN,解释了压力下颜色由蓝变紫红的现象,并阐明其缺乏超导电性的原因。

摘要:

Dias等人最近的实验研究声称在1 GPa下于镥-氮-氢体系中发现了室温超导电性[Nature 615, 244 (2023)],这为长期追求的常压超导梦想带来了希望。然而,所有后续实验均未发现超导电性的证据。镥-氮-氢体系的组分和晶体结构仍然未知。通过采用基于密度泛函理论的结构预测算法,我们提出在镥-氮-氢体系中主要组分为LuH$_2$(Fm$\bar{3}$m),并伴有少量LuN(Fm$\bar{3}$m)。常压下的蓝色LuH$_2$在较高压力下会转变为紫色和红色,这可能伴随着氢位点空位的形成。在LuH$_2$和LuN中,费米能级处的态密度主要由Lu-5d轨道贡献,而氢和氮的贡献非常小,导致这两种化合物中缺乏超导电性。对LuH$_2$进行氮掺杂同样未能增强超导电性。在本工作中,我们确定了氮掺杂氢化镥中的主要组分,解释了其在压力下引人注目的颜色变化,并阐明了为何后续实验中未观察到超导电性。

英文摘要:

Recent experimental study by Dias {\it et al.} claims to have discovered room-temperature superconductivity in lutetium-nitrogen-hydrogen system at 1 GPa [Nature 615, 244 (2023)], which sheds light on the long-held dream of ambient superconductivity. However, all follow-up experiments found no evidence of superconductivity. The compositions and the crystal structures of the lutetium-nitrogen-hydrogen system remain unknown. By employing the density functional theory based structure prediction algorithm, we suggest that in lutetium-nitrogen-hydrogen the major component is LuH$_2$ (Fm$\bar{3}$m), together with minor LuN (Fm$\bar{3}$m). The blue LuH$_2$ at ambient pressure will turn into purple and red color at higher pressures, possibly accompanied by the formation of vacancies at hydrogen-sites. In LuH$_2$ and LuN, the density of states at the Fermi level is dominated by the Lu-5d orbitals, while those from hydrogen and nitrogen are very small, leading to the absence of superconductivity in these two compounds. Nitrogen-doping to LuH$_2$ fails to enhance the superconductivity as well. In this work, we identify the leading components in N-doped lutetium hydride, explain its intriguing color changes under pressure, and elucidate why superconductivity is absent in the follow-up experiments.

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