Direct evidence of the importance of electron-phonon coupling inLa2CuO4: Photoinduced ir-active vibrational modes

1987 ◽  
Vol 36 (13) ◽  
pp. 7252-7255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. H. Kim ◽  
A. J. Heeger ◽  
L. Acedo ◽  
G. Stucky ◽  
F. Wudl
1998 ◽  
Vol 12 (29n31) ◽  
pp. 3131-3136 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Quémerais ◽  
S. Fratini

The Crystallization of polarons at finite density, due to the long-range Coulomb forces — when no bipolarons can be formed — is discussed close to the metal–insulator transition (MIT). As a function of the density, the melting is examined at zero temperature. By calculating the quantum fluctuations of both the electron and the polarization, we show that at strong electron–phonon coupling the dissociation of the polarons at the MIT is favored, rather than the melting towards a polaron liquid. In this regime, we demonstrate, that an instability of the transverse vibrational modes of the polaron crystal occurs as the density increases. This provides a new physical mechanism for the MIT in polar materials, for which an experimental signature is predicted.


1992 ◽  
Vol 270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kosmas Prassides ◽  
Christos Christides ◽  
John Tomkinson ◽  
Matthew J. Rosseinsky ◽  
D. W. Murphy ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTThe phonon spectra of pristine fullerene, superconducting K3C60 and saturation-doped Rb6C60 measured by inelastic neutron scatteringin the energy range 2.5 - 200 meV at low temperatures reveal substantial broadening of five-fold degenerate Hg intramolecular vibrational modes both in the low-energy radial and the high-energy tangential part of the spectrum. This provides strong evidence for a traditional phonon-mediated mechanism of superconductivity in the fullerides but with an electron-phonon coupling strength distributed over a wide range of energies (33-195 meV) as a result of the finite curvature of the fullerene spherical cage.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 1690-1695
Author(s):  
Zhongyu Liu ◽  
Yingwei Li ◽  
Wonyong Shin ◽  
Rongchao Jin

2021 ◽  
Vol 103 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
I.Yu. Sklyadneva ◽  
R. Heid ◽  
P. M. Echenique ◽  
E. V. Chulkov

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Su ◽  
Zhaojian Xu ◽  
Jiang Wu ◽  
Deying Luo ◽  
Qin Hu ◽  
...  

AbstractThe performance of perovskite photovoltaics is fundamentally impeded by the presence of undesirable defects that contribute to non-radiative losses within the devices. Although mitigating these losses has been extensively reported by numerous passivation strategies, a detailed understanding of loss origins within the devices remains elusive. Here, we demonstrate that the defect capturing probability estimated by the capture cross-section is decreased by varying the dielectric response, producing the dielectric screening effect in the perovskite. The resulting perovskites also show reduced surface recombination and a weaker electron-phonon coupling. All of these boost the power conversion efficiency to 22.3% for an inverted perovskite photovoltaic device with a high open-circuit voltage of 1.25 V and a low voltage deficit of 0.37 V (a bandgap ~1.62 eV). Our results provide not only an in-depth understanding of the carrier capture processes in perovskites, but also a promising pathway for realizing highly efficient devices via dielectric regulation.


2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Qing Dong ◽  
Quanjun Li ◽  
Shujia Li ◽  
Xuhan Shi ◽  
Shifeng Niu ◽  
...  

AbstractThe adoption of high pressure not only reinforces the comprehension of the structure and exotic electronic states of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) but also promotes the discovery of intriguing phenomena. Here, 1T-TaS2 was investigated up to 100 GPa, and re-enhanced superconductivity was found with structural phase transitions. The discovered I4/mmm TaS2 presents strong electron–phonon coupling, revealing a good superconductivity of the nonlayered structure. The P–T phase diagram shows a dome shape centered at ~20 GPa, which is attributed to the distortion of the 1T structure. Accompanied by the transition to nonlayered structure above 44.5 GPa, the superconducting critical temperature shows an increasing trend and reaches ~7 K at the highest studied pressure, presenting superior superconductivity compared to the original layered structure. It is unexpected that the pressure-induced re-enhanced superconductivity was observed in TMDs, and the transition from a superconductor with complicated electron-pairing mechanism to a phonon-mediated superconductor would expand the field of pressure-modified superconductivity.


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