• 文献标题:   Evidence for superconductivity in Li-decorated monolayer graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LUDBROOK BM, LEVY G, NIGGE P, ZONNO M, SCHNEIDER M, DVORAK DJ, VEENSTRA CN, ZHDANOVICH S, WONG D, DOSANJH P, STRASSER C, STOHR A, FORTI S, AST CR, STARKE U, DAMASCELLI A
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, superconductivity, arpes
  • 出版物名称:   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
  • ISSN:   0027-8424
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ British Columbia
  • 被引频次:   119
  • DOI:   10.1073/pnas.1510435112
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

Monolayer graphene exhibitsmany spectacular electronic properties, with superconductivity being arguably the most notable exception. It was theoretically proposed that superconductivity might be induced by enhancing the electron-phonon coupling through the decoration of graphene with an alkali adatom superlattice [Profeta G, Calandra M, Mauri F (2012) Nat Phys 8(2): 131-134]. Although experiments have shown an adatom-induced enhancement of the electron-phonon coupling, superconductivity has never been observed. Using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES), we show that lithium deposited on graphene at low temperature strongly modifies the phonon density of states, leading to an enhancement of the electron-phonon coupling of up to lambda similar or equal to 0.58. On part of the graphene-derived pi*-band Fermi surface, we then observe the opening of a Delta similar or equal to 0.9-meV temperature-dependent pairing gap. This result suggests for the first time, to our knowledge, that Li-decorated monolayer graphene is indeed superconducting, with T-c similar or equal to 5.9 K.