How to design negative effective $U$ Fermion system in hole doped chalcopyrite CuFeS$_2$?

ORAL

Abstract

Here, we have proposed a general rule of the attractive Fermion system in the purely electronic origin, which is called negative effective $U$ ($U_{eff} <0$) system. Purely electronic-originated $U_{eff} <0$ is caused by (i) the exchange-correlation-induced energy gain in the Hund's rules, and (ii) the charge-excitation-induced energy gain. Based on the general design rules, we perform ab initio electronic structure calculations for hole-doped Chalcopyrite CuFeS$_2$. It is found that the hole-doped CuFeS$_2$ has the negative $U_{eff} = -0.44$ eV (-5000 K). The $U_{eff} <0$ in CuFeS$_2$ is originated by the charge-excitation- induced mechanism in the hole-doped Cu$^{2+}(d^9)$ and S$^{2-}(s^2p^5)$, and also originated by the exchange-correlation-induced mechanism in the hole-doped Fe$^{4+}(d^4)$. The hole-doped paramagnetic and metallic CuFeS$_2$ with the $U_{eff} <0$ may cause a possible super-high-$T_c$ superconductor ($T_c$ $\approx$ 1000 K, if $2\Delta/k_BT_c =10$ by assuming a strong coupling regime.) because of the strong attractive electron-electron interactions (superconducting gap $\Delta \approx |U_{eff}|\approx$ 5000 K). We propose a new computational materials design methodology to design super-high-$T_c$ superconductors starting from the atomic number only.

Authors

  • Hiroshi Katayama-Yoshida

    • Osaka Univ
    • Osaka University
    • Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University
  • Tetsuya Fukushima

    • Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University
  • Hiroki Uede

    • Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University
  • Yuki Takawashi

    • Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University
  • Akitaka Nakanishi

    • Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University
  • Kazunori Sato

    • Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University