• 文献标题:   Superconducting Phases in Lithium Decorated Graphene LiC6
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   GHOLAMI R, MORADIAN R, MORADIAN S, PICKETT WE
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  • 出版物名称:   SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
  • ISSN:   2045-2322
  • 通讯作者地址:   Razi Univ
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1038/s41598-018-32050-9
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

A study of possible superconducting phases of graphene has been constructed in detail. A realistic tight binding model, fit to ab initio calculations, accounts for the Li-decoration of graphene with broken lattice symmetry, and includes s and d symmetry Bloch character that influences the gap symmetries that can arise. The resulting seven hybridized Li-C orbitals that support nine possible bond pairing amplitudes. The gap equation is solved for all possible gap symmetries. One band is weakly dispersive near the Fermi energy along Gamma -> M where its Bloch wave function has linear combination of d(x2-y2) and d(xy) character, and is responsible for d(x2-y2) and d(xy) pairing with lowest pairing energy in our model. These symmetries almost preserve properties from a two band model of pristine graphene. Another part of this band, along K -> Gamma, is nearly degenerate with upper s band that favors extended s wave pairing which is not found in two band model. Upon electron doping to a critical chemical potential mu(1) = 0.22 eV the pairing potential decreases, then increases until a second critical value mu(2) = 1.3 eV at which a phase transition to a distorted s-wave occurs. The distortion of d- or s-wave phases are a consequence of decoration which is not appear in two band pristine model. In the pristine graphene these phases convert to usual d-wave or extended s-wave pairing.