• 文献标题:   Electronic Structure of Superconducting KC8 and Nonsuperconducting LiC6 Graphite Intercalation Compounds: Evidence for a Graphene-Sheet-Driven Superconducting State
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   PAN ZH, CAMACHO J, UPTON MH, FEDOROV AV, HOWARD CA, ELLERBY M, VALLA T
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0031-9007
  • 通讯作者地址:   Brookhaven Natl Lab
  • 被引频次:   54
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.187002
  • 出版年:   2011

▎ 摘  要

We have performed photoemission studies of the electronic structure in LiC6 and KC8, 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 KC8 than in LiC6, 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 pi* states. This correlation suggests that both graphene-derived electrons and graphene-derived phonons are crucial for superconductivity in graphite intercalation compounds.