Unconventional Pairing in Doped Band Insulators on a Honeycomb Lattice : the Role of the Disconnected Fermi Surface and a Possible Application to Superconducting $\beta$-MNCl (M=Hf,Zr)

Abstract

We investigate the possibility of realizing unconventional superconductivity in doped band insulators on the square lattice and the honeycomb lattice, where the latter is found to be a good candidate due to the disconnectivity of the Fermi surface. We propose applying the theory to the superconductivity in doped layered nitride $\beta$-$M$NCl ($M=$Hf, Zr). Finally, we compare two groups of superconductors with disconnected Fermi surface, $\beta$-$M$NCl and the iron pnictides, which have high $T_c$ despite some faults against superconductivity are present.