What is the highest Tc for phonon-mediated superconductivity?

Abstract

We suggest that the high-temperature superconductivity can be attributed to the director-roles of the van Hove singularity between an electron-electron interaction and an electron-phonon interaction. The difference between the critical temperature and the pairing temperature is presented, and the Fermi arc, the d-wave symmetry and the poor conductivity, etc., are discussed. In particular, the non-s-wave symmetry is predicted to have the highest T_c for superconductors.

Keywords

superconductivity, phonon, van Hove singularity, Fermi surface