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Chin. Phys. B, 2022, Vol. 31(1): 017403    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/ac40fa
Special Issue: SPECIAL TOPIC — Unconventional superconductivity
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Superconductivity in octagraphene

Jun Li(李军)1,2 and Dao-Xin Yao(姚道新)1,†
1 State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China;
2 Key Laboratory for Microstructural Material Physics of Hebei Province, School of Science, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, China
Abstract  This article reviews the basic theoretical aspects of octagraphene, an one-atom-thick allotrope of carbon, with unusual two-dimensional (2D) Fermi nesting, hoping to contribute to the new family of quantum materials. Octagraphene has an almost strongest sp2 hybrid bond similar to graphene, and has the similar electronic band structure as iron-based superconductors, which makes it possible to realize high-temperature superconductivity. We have compared various possible mechanisms of superconductivity, including the unconventional s± superconductivity driven by spin fluctuation and conventional superconductivity based on electron-phonon coupling. Theoretical studies have shown that octagraphene has relatively high structural stability. Although many 2D carbon materials with C4 carbon ring and C8 carbon ring structures have been reported, it is still challenging to realize the octagraphene with pure square-octagon structure experimentally. This material holds hope to realize new 2D high-temperature superconductivity.
Keywords:  octagraphene      s± superconductivity      square-octagon lattice      Fermi surface nesting  
Received:  17 September 2021      Revised:  02 December 2021      Accepted manuscript online:  08 December 2021
PACS:  74.20.-z (Theories and models of superconducting state)  
  74.20.Pq (Electronic structure calculations)  
  74.70.Kn (Organic superconductors)  
  02.60.-x (Numerical approximation and analysis)  
Fund: This project is supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant Nos. 2017YFA0206203 and 2018YFA0306001), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11974432), GBABRF-2019A1515011337, Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province, China (Grant No. A2021203010), Shenzhen Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering (Grant No. SIQSE202102), and Leading Talent Program of Guangdong Special Projects.
Corresponding Authors:  Dao-Xin Yao     E-mail:  yaodaox@mail.sysu.edu.cn

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Jun Li(李军) and Dao-Xin Yao(姚道新) Superconductivity in octagraphene 2022 Chin. Phys. B 31 017403

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