This Perspective highlights the underlying mechanisms of hydrogen in metal hydride materials, suggesting pathways toward metallic hydrogen superconductivity.
This Perspective provides a partial response to the titular statement since, as will be explained, the “why” – hydrogen atom scattering of Fermi surface electrons – is not yet understood. A pathway for achieving a more complete understanding is presented. This perspective addresses more specifically the question why hydrogen, why so high , whose understanding remains limited. Based on as yet unapplied developments in simplifying aspects of metal hydride materials and separating out the effects of atomic displacements giving the atom‐electron scattering, it is proposed that there is a straightforward path toward a deeper understanding of “metallic hydrogen superconductivity”.
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