Hole filling and hole creation in the superconducting compounds Bi sub 2 Sr sub 2 minus x R x CuO sub 6+ y ( R =La, Pr, Nd, and Sm)
- Solid State Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6056 (USA)
The superconducting properties, hole content, and lattice constants of several rare-earth-doped compounds Bi{sub 2}Sr{sub 2{minus}{ital x}R{ital x}}CuO{sub 6+{ital y}} have been investigated as a function of rare-earth doping and oxygen content. The maximum superconducting transition temperature, {ital T}{sub {ital c}}, obtained for each of the rare-earth dopants was 23 K (La), 25 K (Pr), 21 K (Nd), and 12 K (Sm). The {ital T}{sub {ital c}}'s of these compounds exhibited a parabolic dependence on the La and Pr concentration (0{lt}{ital x}{lt}1), with the maximum {ital T}{sub {ital c}} occurring for {ital x}=0.4 for samples with low oxygen content. For La- and Pr-doped samples treated in pure oxygen, the position of the maximum shifted to {ital x}=0.6 and 0.5, respectively, with a concurrent reduction in the maximum value for {ital T}{sub {ital c}} (17 K for La and 18 K for Pr). For {ital x}{gt}0.2, the samples were single phase and exhibited unusually sharp superconducting transitions (width of ac-susceptibility transition less than 2 K). The high quality of the samples allowed a precise study of the variation of the orthorhombic cell parameters with the rare-earth and oxygen content.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- OSTI ID:
- 5490760
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter; (USA), Journal Name: Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter; (USA) Vol. 43:16; ISSN 0163-1829; ISSN PRBMD
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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COPPER OXIDES
CORRELATIONS
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