Two-year progress in experimental investigation on high-temperature superconductivity of sulfur hydride

Abstract

The cooperation between theoretical and experimental investigations broke the record for the superconducting critical temperature Tc in hydrogen sulfide at a high pressure at the end of 2014. Surprisingly, the material improved its highest Tc by more than 30 K and showed conventional superconductivity, which can be explained by the Bardeen–Cooper–Schrieffer theory. Recent experimental works have gradually clarified the instability of the H2S molecule and the pathway to the high-Tc phase with a three-dimensional conductive structure unlike high-Tc superconductors thus far. In this review, the present progress on a sulfur hydride system is reported.