Pressure-Induced Superconductivity and Topological Quantum Phase Transitions in the Topological Semimetal ZrTe2

Shihao Zhu; Juefei Wu; Peng Zhu; Cuiying Pei; Qi Wang; Donghan Jia; Xinyu Wang; Yi Zhao; Lingling Gao; Changhua Li; Weizheng Cao; Mingxin Zhang; Lili Zhang; Mingtao Li; Huiyang Gou; Wenge Yang; Jian Sun; Yulin Chen; Zhiwei Wang; Yugui Yao; Yanpeng Qi

doi:10.1002/advs.202301332

Pressure-Induced Superconductivity and Topological Quantum Phase Transitions in the Topological Semimetal ZrTe₂

Shihao Zhu
, Juefei Wu
, Peng Zhu
, Cuiying Pei
, Qi Wang
, Donghan Jia
, Xinyu Wang
, Yi Zhao
, Lingling Gao
, Changhua Li
, Weizheng Cao
, Mingxin Zhang
, Lili Zhang
, Mingtao Li
, Huiyang Gou
, Wenge Yang
, Jian Sun
, Yulin Chen
, Zhiwei Wang^*
, Yugui Yao

Yanpeng Qi^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Physics

ShanghaiTech University
Beijing Institute of Technology
Center for High Pressure Science & Technology Advanced Research
CAS - Shanghai Advanced Research Institute
Nanjing University
University of Oxford

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Abstract

Topological transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) have attracted much attention due to their potential applications in spintronics and quantum computations. In this work, the structural and electronic properties of topological TMDCs candidate ZrTe₂ are systematically investigated under high pressure. A pressure-induced Lifshitz transition is evidenced by the change of charge carrier type as well as the Fermi surface. Superconductivity is observed at around 8.3 GPa without structural phase transition. A typical dome-shape phase diagram is obtained with the maximum T_c of 5.6 K for ZrTe₂. Furthermore, the theoretical calculations suggest the presence of multiple pressure-induced topological quantum phase transitions, which coexists with emergence of superconductivity. The results demonstrate that ZrTe₂ with nontrivial topology of electronic states displays new ground states upon compression.

Original language	English
Article number	2301332
Journal	Advanced Science
Volume	10
Issue number	35
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202301332
Publication status	Published - 15 Dec 2023

Keywords

high pressure
superconductivity
topological materials
transition metal dichalcogenides

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Zhu, S., Wu, J., Zhu, P., Pei, C., Wang, Q., Jia, D., Wang, X., Zhao, Y., Gao, L., Li, C., Cao, W., Zhang, M., Zhang, L., Li, M., Gou, H., Yang, W., Sun, J., Chen, Y., Wang, Z., ... Qi, Y. (2023). Pressure-Induced Superconductivity and Topological Quantum Phase Transitions in the Topological Semimetal ZrTe₂. Advanced Science, 10(35), Article 2301332. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202301332

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