Properties and Structures of Copper Rich Y-Ba-Cu-O Superconductors

1987 ◽  
Vol 99 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. Drehman ◽  
J. A. Horrigan ◽  
M. W. Dumais
Keyword(s):  
Transition Temperature ◽  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
Superconducting Transition Temperature ◽  
Superconducting Transition ◽  
Zero Resistance ◽  
Resultant Material

ABSTRACTCopper rich Y-Ba-Cu-O samples were prepared by reacting and sintering powders. The resultant material is composed of YBa2Cu3Oy and CuO. Proper processing results in a 85% dense, well interconnected material with a superconducting transition temperature of 92K. Zero resistance is observed even though a quarter of the volume is the CuO phase. This is because the CuO phase is in the form of isolated grains and not at the grain boundaries of the superconducting matrix.

COMPOSITION DEPENDENCE OF SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND CRYSTAL STRUCTURE IN La(Ba1−xCax)2Cu3O7−y SYSTEM

1989 ◽  
Vol 03 (04) ◽  
pp. 307-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. CAO ◽  
J.Q. ZHENG ◽  
X.Y. SHAO ◽  
X.S. CHEN ◽  
W.Y. GUAN
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Transition Temperature ◽  
Superconducting Transition Temperature ◽  
Composition Dependence ◽  
Superconducting Transition ◽  
Orthorhombic Structure ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Resistivity Measurements ◽  
Zero Resistance

The composition dependence of superconductivity and crystal structure in La ( Ba 1−x Ca x)2 Cu 3 O 7−y system was determined by the resistivity measurements and X-ray diffraction analysis. The superconducting transition temperature is raised with the increase of Ca content till x=0.6, at which the zero resistance temperature of the sample is 81.5 K. In the meanwhile, the crystal structure of the sample changed from tetragonal (x=0) to orthorhombic structure (x=0.2, 0.4, 0.6). With further increase of Ca content, the superconductivity decrease for the sample of x=0.8 with mixed phases including the orthorhombic oxygen-deficient perovskite-like (ODP) structure and no superconducting transition is found at 4.2 K for the sample of x=1 without the ODP structure. A possible explanation of these experimental results is given.

EFFECTS OF PLASMA OXIDATION ON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES OF SPUTTERED Y-Ba-Cu-O FILMS

1989 ◽  
Vol 03 (01) ◽  
pp. 87-92
Author(s):  
T. NOJIMA ◽  
S. AWAJI ◽  
Y. MAENO ◽  
T. FUJITA
Keyword(s):  
Transition Temperature ◽  
Transport Properties ◽  
Superconducting Transition Temperature ◽  
Superconducting Transition ◽  
Plasma Oxidation ◽  
Normal Resistance ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Zero Resistance

Effects of plasma oxidation on superconducting and normal properties were studied for rf-sputtered Y-Ba-Cu-O films. The plasma oxidation was performed in a mixture gas of Ar-50%O 2 both before and after annealing. The oxidation enhances superconducting transition temperature, T c , and improves metal-like behavior of normal resistance as well. Typical films obtained after the oxidation exhibited the transition with an onset at 94 K and with zero resistance below 82 K. The improvement was found to hold for more than 30 days after oxidation.

Superconducting YBa2Cu3O7−x fibers from the thermoplastic gel method

1989 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 787-794 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fusaoki Uchikawa ◽  
John D. Mackenzie
Keyword(s):  
Transition Temperature ◽  
Surface Area ◽  
Superconducting Transition Temperature ◽  
Organic Content ◽  
Superconducting Transition ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Shrinkage Ratio ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Zero Resistance ◽  
Solution Route

The successful fabrication of ceramic superconducting YBa2Cu3O7−x fibers has been investigated. A new method was proposed for synthesis of the fibers through a solution route. The thermoplastic gels were synthesized using Y, Ba, Cu, ethoxides, and diethylenetriamine. The fibers were drawn from the reheated gels. The fibers were characterized by x-ray diffraction, SEM, and shrinkage ratio measurements. The fired and then annealed fiber is shown to have a superconducting transition temperature of 91 K (onset) and zero resistance temperature of 84 K. With regard to the fired fibers, it is found that the surface area increased and superconducting transition temperature decreased with increasing organic content in the initial gel. The usefulness of this method is shown and the structure of the synthesized gel is discussed.

scholarly journals Enhancing Superconductivity of the Nonmagnetic Quasiskutterudites by Atomic Disorder

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (24) ◽  
pp. 5830
Author(s):  
Andrzej Ślebarski ◽  
Maciej M. Maśka
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Transition Temperature ◽  
Superconducting Transition Temperature ◽  
High Temperature Superconductors ◽  
Superconducting Phase ◽  
Length Scale ◽  
Superconducting Transition ◽  
Atomic Disorder ◽  
Strong Inhomogeneity ◽  
Related Compounds

We investigated the effect of enhancement of superconducting transition temperature Tc by nonmagnetic atom disorder in the series of filled skutterudite-related compounds (La3M4Sn13, Ca3Rh4Sn13, Y5Rh6Sn18, Lu5Rh6Sn18; M= Co, Ru, Rh), where the atomic disorder is generated by various defects or doping. We have shown that the disorder on the coherence length scale ξ in these nonmagnetic quasiskutterudite superconductors additionally generates a non-homogeneous, high-temperature superconducting phase with Tc⋆>Tc (dilute disorder scenario), while the strong fluctuations of stoichiometry due to increasing doping can rapidly increase the superconducting transition temperature of the sample even to the value of Tc⋆∼2Tc (dense disorder leading to strong inhomogeneity). This phenomenon seems to be characteristic of high-temperature superconductors and superconducting heavy fermions, and recently have received renewed attention. We experimentally documented the stronger lattice stiffening of the inhomogeneous superconducting phase Tc⋆ in respect to the bulk Tc one and proposed a model that explains the Tc⋆>Tc behavior in the series of nonmagnetic skutterudite-related compounds.

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