The Superconducting State of the LiC6 Compound: The Effective Triangular Lattice Model

R. Szczęśniak Division of Physics, Czestochowa University of Technology, al. Armii Krajowej 19, 42-200 Częstochowa, Poland

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Thermodynamic parameters of the superconducting state of the LiC6 compound were calculated. Based on experimental data and results obtained using the density functional theory, the following input parameters for the effective triangular lattice model were adopted: hopping integral t=355 meV, chemical potential μ=-4.37t, Coulomb pseudopotential μ*=0.01, phonon energy ω0=0.052t, and electron-phonon interaction energy g0=0.00931t. Calculations allowed us to reproduce the experimental values of the electron-phonon coupling constant λ=0.58±0.05 and critical temperature TC=5.9 K. The dimensionless thermodynamic ratios were as follows: RΔp=3.73, RC=1.71, and RH=0.16. The obtained RΔp, RC, RH values were compared with experimental data and density functional theory. It was shown that within the framework of the effective triangular lattice model, the thermodynamic properties of the superconducting phase of LiC6 can be correctly reproduced. Additionally, the anisotropic structure of the electron-phonon coupling function and the anisotropic logarithmic phonon frequency function were discussed.

DOI:10.12693/APhysPolA.147.236 topics: LiC6 compound, phonon-induced superconducting state, thermodynamic parameters