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High-Pressure Structures and Superconductivity of Barium Iodide

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MATERIALS
Volume 15, Issue 2, Pages -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ma15020522

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high pressure; superconductivity; crystal structure prediction; phase transition

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The study explored the crystal structures of barium iodide at a wide pressure range and found that it exhibits metallic properties under moderate pressure. Additionally, comparisons of superconductivity between barium iodide and cesium iodide at different pressures were conducted.
Generally, pressure is a useful tool to modify the behavior of physical properties of materials due to the change in distance between atoms or molecules in the lattice. Barium iodide (BaI2), as one of the simplest and most prototypical iodine compounds, has substantial high pressure investigation value. In this work, we explored the crystal structures of BaI2 at a wide pressure range of 0-200 GPa using a global structure search methodology. A thermodynamical structure with tetragonal I4/mmm symmetry of BaI2 was predicted to be stable at 17.1 GPa. Further electronic calculations indicated that I4/mmm BaI2 exhibits the metallic feature via an indirect band gap closure under moderate pressure. We also found that the superconductivity of BaI2 at 30 GPa is much lower than that of CsI at 180 GPa based on our electron-phonon coupling simulations. Our current simulations provide a step toward the further understanding of the high-pressure behavior of iodine compounds at extreme conditions.

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