Rational Design of High-Tc Superconductivity in the Z = 5.67 Family with Ne = 2.33

TL;DR

This paper extends the rational design approach for high-Tc superconductors to the Z=5.67 family, predicting materials with Tcs between 40K and 100K based on periodic table properties.

Contribution

It introduces a new family of compounds with Z=5.67 and Ne=2.33 predicted to exhibit high-Tc superconductivity, expanding the rational design framework.

Findings

Predicted Tcs range from 40K to 100K for Z=5.67 compounds.

Identified material examples fitting the design criteria.

Extended the periodic table-based design to new compound families.

Abstract

The concepts of "Rational Design of Superconductivity" from Periodic Table properties were proposed in an earlier paper (ArXiv: 1204.0233). We had shown latter too that high-Tc superconductivity exists in the Z=7.333 family with Ne=2.667, of which MgB2 is a member. Here we propose and show that compounds with Z = 5.667 and Ne=2.333 will meet the conditions for high-Tc superconductivity similar to the Z = 7.333 family. The predicted Tcs for the ternary and quaternary systems of the Z =5.667 family would fall in the range 40K - 100K. We give material specific examples of some such possible rational designs of high-Tc superconductivity.