Superconductivity in covalent semiconductors

• Authors: Konstantin Iakoubovskii
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This review covers recent advances in superconductivity of diamond, Si, SiC, group III–V and II–IV semiconductors, metal-intercalated graphite and fullerites. The results are critically analyzed and prospects are given for future research directions. In particular, it is argued that the highest transition temperatures of ∼9 K in diamond and 11.5 K in CaC6 can further be enhanced and that no reliable evidence exists yet for superconductivity in III-V semiconductors.

Keywords

EN

superconductivity; diamond; silicon; silicon carbide; type-I

Discipline

• 74.10.+v: Occurrence, potential candidates
• 74.25.-q: Properties of superconductors
• 71.55.Cn: Elemental semiconductors

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Physics
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 654-662

Dates

published

1 - 12 - 2009

online

21 - 7 - 2009

Contributors

author

Konstantin Iakoubovskii

• Quantum Dot Research Center, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, 305-0047, Japan

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11534-009-0096-7