High tc palladium hydride superconductor

An apparatus for making a palladium hydride superconductor having a chemical formula given by PdyHx, wherein yH is 1H, 2H, or 3H, and wherein x is a stable stoichiometric ratio of yH to Pd that is greater than 1, the superconductor having a critical temperature that is a function of the stoichiometric ratio and that is greater than 11 degrees Kelvin, the apparatus comprising an electrochemical cell comprising:

• an anode;
• a palladium cathode;
• a current source;
• an electrolytic solution having first electrolyte and a pH that is less than 7;
• and
• means for adding a second electrolyte to the first electrolytic solution, the second electrolyte having a cationic species that can bond to the surface of the palladium cathode.

A method for making a palladium hydride superconductor having a stable hydrogen to palladium stoichiometric ratio x that is greater than 1, and a critical temperature that is a function of the stoichiometric ratio and that is greater than 11 degrees Kelvin, the method comprising chemically loading a hydrogen isotope onto a palladium lattice cathode in an electrochemical cell by:

• adding a first electrolytic solution to the cell, the first electrolytic solution having a first electrolyte and a pH that is less than 7;
• passing a current through the first electrolytic solution in the cell;
• adding a second electrolyte to the first electrolytic solution to produce a second electrolytic solution, the second electrolyte having a cation that can bond to the palladium cathode;
• and
• passing a current through the second electrolytic solution in the cell.

An apparatus for making a palladium hydride superconductor having a chemical formula given by PdyHx, wherein yH is 1H, 2H, or 3H, and wherein x is a stable stoichiometric ratio of yH to Pd that is greater than 1, the superconductor having a critical temperature that is a function of the stoichiometric ratio and that is greater than 11 degrees Kelvin, the apparatus comprising:

• a thin film palladium sample;
• a pressure chamber;
• means for pressurizing the chamber with 1H, 2H, or 3H in the gas phase;
• and
• means for depositing a stabilizing layer over the thin film palladium sample.

An apparatus for making a palladium hydride superconductor having a chemical formula given by PdyHx, wherein yH is 1H, 2H, or 3H, and wherein x is a stable stoichiometric ratio of yH to Pd that is greater than 1, the superconductor having a critical temperature that is a function of the stoichiometric ratio and that is greater than 11 degrees Kelvin, the apparatus comprising:

• a thin film palladium sample;
• a vacuum chamber;
• means for injecting the palladium sample with 1H, 2H, or 3H;
• and
• means for depositing a stabilizing layer over the thin film palladium sample.

A method for making a palladium hydride superconductor having a stable hydrogen to palladium stoichiometric ratio x that is greater than 1, and a critical temperature that is a function of the stoichiometric ratio and that is greater than 11 degrees Kelvin, the method comprising:

• generating a stream of hydrogen isotopes in the gas phase in an evacuated chamber;
• ionizing the stream of hydrogen isotopes;
• injecting the ionized hydrogen isotopes into a thin film palladium lattice by accelerating the isotopes toward the lattice;
• and
• depositing a stabilizing layer over the hydrogen loaded palladium lattice.