Pan, ZH; Camacho, J; Upton, MH; Fedorov, AV; Howard, CA; Ellerby, M; Valla, T; (2011) Electronic Structure of Superconducting KC8 and Nonsuperconducting LiC6 Graphite Intercalation Compounds: Evidence for a Graphene-Sheet-Driven Superconducting State. PHYS REV LETT , 106 (18) , Article 187002. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.187002.

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We have performed photoemission studies of the electronic structure in LiC6 and KC8, a non-superconducting and a superconducting graphite intercalation compound, respectively. We have found that the charge transfer from the intercalant layers to graphene layers is larger in KC8 than in LiC6, opposite of what might be expected from their chemical composition. We have also measured the strength of the electron-phonon interaction on the graphene-derived Fermi surface to carbon derived phonons in both materials and found that it follows a universal trend where the coupling strength and superconductivity monotonically increase with the filling of graphene pi* states. This correlation suggests that both graphene-derived electrons and graphene-derived phonons are crucial for superconductivity in graphite intercalation compounds.

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