@article{TEXTUAL, recid = {11643}, author = {Zhu, Li and Liu, Hanyu and Somayazulu, Maddury and Meng, Yue and Guńka, Piotr A. and Shiell, Thomas B. and Kenney, Curtis‐Benson and Chariton, Stella and Prakapenka, Vitali B. and Yoon, Hyeok and Horn, Jarryd A. and Paglione, Johnpierre and Hoffmann, Roald and Cohen, R E. and Strobel, Timothy A.}, title = {Superconductivity in ${\mathrm{SrB}}_{3}{\mathrm{C}}_{3}$ clathrate}, journal = {Physical Review Research}, address = {2023-01-12}, number = {TEXTUAL}, abstract = {We predict superconductivity for the carbon--boron clathrate ${\mathrm{SrB}}_{3}{\mathrm{C}}_{3}$ with ${T}_{c}=27\text{--}43\phantom{\rule{0.28em}{0ex}}\mathrm{K}$ for Coulomb pseudopotential (μ <sup>∗</sup>)values between 0.17 and 0.10 using first-principles calculations with conventional electron--phonon coupling. Electrical transport measurements, facilitated by an in situ experimental design compatible with extreme synthesis conditions ($>3000\phantom{\rule{0.28em}{0ex}}\mathrm{K}$ at 50 GPa), show nonhysteretic resistivity drops that track the calculated magnitude and pressure dependence of superconductivity for μ <sup>∗</sup> ≈ 0.15, and transport measurements collected under applied magnetic fields indicate superconductivity with an onset ${T}_{c}$ of approximately 20 K at 40 GPa. Carbon-based clathrates thus represent a class of superconductors similar to other covalent metals like ${\mathrm{MgB}}_{2}$ and doped fullerenes. Carbon clathrates share structures similar to superconducting superhydrides with wide potential for tunable properties, and covalent C--B bonds allow metastable persistence at ambient conditions.}, url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/11643}, }