Orbital Approach to High Temperature Superconductivity
- 1 Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut at Stamford, University Place, Stamford, CT, USA
Abstract
High temperature superconductivity in cuprates is explained in terms of 3d-orbital capture in copper. In elemental Cu 3d-orbital capture abstracts an electron from the 4 s 2 valence orbital, and leaves it as 4 s 1 . This is known since Cu occurs in Group IB of the Periodic Table. This forms an electron vacancy, or hole, in the valence shell. Therefore, the energy of 3d-orbital capture is stronger than the energy of unpairing of a paired-spin 4 s 2 orbital. In cuprates 3d-orbital capture abstracts an electron from a Cu - O covalent bond, and leaves a hole in the excited state orbital. By electron-hole migration the excited state orbital leads to a coordinate covalent bond. This leads to superconductivity. The 3d-orbital process accounts for superconductivity and insulator behavior in cuprates. These results lend credence to the statement that 3d-orbital capture in copper is the cause of high temperature superconductivity.
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