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    Predicted Hot Superconductivity in LaSc2H24 Under Pressure
    October 21, 2024
  • Room-temperature superconductivity has been a long-held dream of condensed matter physics for over a century. Here, we predict a class of thermodynamically stable clathrate hydrides consisting of two previously unreported H24 and H30 cages at megabar pressures. Among these hydrides, LaSc2H24 is estimated to exhibit superconductivity with Tc up to 316 K at 167 GPa even when considering the effects of anharmonicity. Such “hot” superconductivity above room temperature is attributed to an unusually large hydrogen-derived density of states at the Fermi level arising from the unusual combination of H30 and H24 cages of this structure. Further exploration of the La–Sc–H ternary system is expected to facilitate the creation of other high-temperature superconductors.