  We report on synthesis and characterization of gallide cluster based Mo8Ga41
superconductor. Transport and magnetization measurements confirm the
superconducting transition temperature to be 9.8 K. The upper critical field,
lower critical field, Ginzburg-Landau coherence length and penetration depth
are estimated to be 11.8T, 150G, 5.2nm, 148nm respectively. The electronic band
structure, density of states and phonon dispersion curve calculations are
obtained by using Density Functional Theory. The core level X-ray Photoelectron
Spectroscopy (XPS) reveals the binding energy information of the constituting
elements Mo and Ga in Mo8Ga41. The valence band spectra from XPS is in good
agreement with calculated density of states (DOS). The zero field critical
current density (Jc) at T = 2 K is ~ 3*10^5 A/cm^2 which is indicative of
efficient flux pinning in the as grown compound. About two fold enhancement in
critical current density with application of external pressure (1.1 GPa) is
observed with marginal decrease in transition temperature. The fitting of
current density to double exponential model confirms possibility of two gap
superconductivity in Mo8Ga41.
