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Discovery of record-breaking high-Tc superconductivity among 5d transition-metal-oxides up to 17.8 K in ReO3

Pengfei Shan, Tenglong Lu, Ziyi Liu, Yuanyuan Jiao, Jiajia Feng, Pengtao Yang, Liang Ma, Yoshiya Uwatoko, Xiaoli Dong, Bosen Wang, Bin Chen, Miao Liu, Jianping Sun, and Jinguang Cheng · 2026

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Section 04 of 05

  1. 01INTRODUCTION
  2. 02RESULTS
  3. 03DISCUSSION
  4. 04CONCLUSION
  5. 05METHODS
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CONCLUSION

Pengfei Shan, Tenglong Lu, Ziyi Liu, Yuanyuan Jiao, Jiajia Feng, Pengtao Yang, Liang Ma, Yoshiya Uwatoko, Xiaoli Dong, Bosen Wang, Bin Chen, Miao Liu, Jianping Sun, and Jinguang Cheng · about 1 minutes

In summary, we revealed a dome-shaped superconducting _T_c(P) in the R-I phase of ReO3 over a wide pressure range of 12–39 GPa, and the maximum _T_c ≈ 17.8 K sets a record of high-T_c among 5_d transition-metal oxides. The enhancement of N(E_F) originating from enhanced Re-O hybridizations and the phonon modes associated with close-packed oxygen sublattice are essential to the emergence of superconductivity. The present study demonstrates that the synergistic effect between extended 5_d orbitals of Re and the light element O mediates superconductivity in ReO3. The present work provides important clues for exploring new high-T_c superconductors in 5_d transition-metal-oxides via high-pressure study or heterostructure engineering and also offers a new route for designing high-_T_c superconductors in oxygen-rich systems.