- Accepted Paper
Enhanced -wave superconductivity in electron-doped LaNiO
Phys. Rev. B - Accepted 6 November, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/2cxc-b6m9
Phys. Rev. B - Accepted 6 November, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/2cxc-b6m9
In cuprates, electron doping yields a much lower superconducting than hole doping. For recently discovered nickelate superconductors, the analogous doping strategies become more challenging. Consequently, while hole-doped Ruddlesden-Popper (RP) nickelates have been extensively studied, electron-doped RP nickelates remain rarely explored both experimentally and theoretically. Here we fill this gap by systematically investigating the two-orbital bilayer model for three representative systems: bulk LaNiO at ambient pressure and 15,GPa, and a heterostructure LaNiO:LaAlO that provides a feasible experimental route to electron doping. Using first-principle calculations and large-scale dynamical cluster quantum Monte Carlo simulations, we find that electron doping generically enhances -wave pairing superconductivity (SC) in all three cases, with the heterostructure showing the highest in the underdoped regime. Furthermore, our results suggest an inter-orbital cooperative mechanism that the pairing on the orbital, induced by that on the orbital, plays a vital role in the SC. This work provides the theoretical prediction of enhanced SC in electron-doped RP nickelates and calls for future experimental verification.
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