Motivated by a suggestion in our earlier work [G. Baskaran, Phys. Rev. B 65, 212505 (2002)], we study electron correlation driven superconductivity in doped graphene where on-site correlations are believed to be of intermediate strength. Using an extensive variational Monte Carlo study of the repulsive Hubbard model and a correlated ground state wave function, we show that doped graphene supports a superconducting ground state with a $d+id$ pairing symmetry. We estimate superconductivity reaching room temperatures at an optimal doping of about 15%–20%. Our work suggests that correlations can stabilize superconductivity even in systems with intermediate coupling.

• Received 6 October 2009

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.81.085431