Pressure-induced Reemergence of Superconductivity in Topological Kagome Metal CsV3Sb5

TL;DR

This study reveals that applying high pressure to CsV3Sb5 induces a reemergence of superconductivity, with two distinct superconducting phases emerging at different pressure ranges, likely due to a pressure-induced Lifshitz transition.

Contribution

It demonstrates the pressure-induced reemergence of superconductivity in CsV3Sb5 and links it to a Lifshitz transition, expanding understanding of pressure effects in topological kagome metals.

Findings

Superconductivity is enhanced and then suppressed with pressure, forming a dome-shaped phase diagram.

A second superconducting state reemerges at higher pressures, with Tc reaching ~5.0 K.

Superconductivity persists up to 47.9 GPa, indicating robustness under extreme conditions.

Abstract

Quasi-two-dimensional kagome metals AV3Sb5 (A = K, Rb, and Cs) have attracted much recent interest due to exotic quantum phenomena such as unconventional superconductivity, topological charge order and giant anomalous Hall effect. Here we report pressure-induced reemergent superconductivity in CsV3Sb5 by electrical transport measurements under high pressures up to 47.9 GPa. We show that the superconducting critical temperature Tc is first enhanced by pressure and reaches its first maximum ~ 8.9 K at 0.8 GPa, then the Tc is suppressed by pressure and cannot be detected above 7.5 GPa, forming a dome-shaped superconducting phase diagram. Remarkably, upon further compression above 16.5 GPa, a new superconducting state arises, of which Tc is enhanced by pressure to a second maximum ~ 5.0 K and the reemergent superconductivity keeps robust up to 47.9 GPa. Combined with high-pressure synchrotron x-ray diffraction measurements that demonstrate the stability of the pristine hexagonal phase up to 43.1 GPa, we suggest that the reemergence of superconductivity in the V-based superconductor could be attributed to a pressure-induced Lifshitz transition.