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Pressure-Induced Stabilization and Insulator-Superconductor Transition of BH

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Diborane (B2H6), a high energy density material, was believed to be stable in a wide P, T interval. A systematic investigation of the B-H system using the ab initio variable-composition evolutionary simulations shows that boron monohydride (BH) is thermodynamically stable and can coexist with solid B, H2, and B2H6 in a wide pressure range above 50 GPa. B2H6 becomes unstable and decomposes into the Ibam phase of BH and H2 (C2/c) at 153 GPa. The semiconducting layered Ibam structure of BH at 168 GPa transforms into a metallic phase with space group P6/mmm and a 3D topology with strong B-B and B-H covalent bonds. The Ibam-P6/mmm transformation pathway suggests the possibility of obtaining the metastable Pbcm phase on cold decompression of the P6/mmm phase. The electron-phonon coupling calculations indicate that P6/mmm-BH is a phonon-mediated superconductor with a critical temperature of superconductivity (Tc) of 14.1-21.4 K at 175 GPa.
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hal-00821921 , version 1 (23-09-2021)

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C.H. Hu, A.R. Oganov, Q. Zhu, G.R. Qian, G. Frapper, et al.. Pressure-Induced Stabilization and Insulator-Superconductor Transition of BH. Physical Review Letters, 2013, 110, pp.165504. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.165504⟩. ⟨hal-00821921⟩
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