Influence of hole-filling by La and hole-doping by Ca on the superconductivity of NdBa2Cu3O7-δ

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作者
Joshi, AG [1 ]
Kuberkar, DG [1 ]
Kulkarni, RG [1 ]
机构
[1] Saurashtra Univ, Dept Phys, Rajkot 360005, Gujarat, India
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PHYSICA C-SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND ITS APPLICATIONS | 1999年 / 320卷 / 1-2期
关键词
La; Ca; NdBa2Cu3O7-delta;
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10.1016/S0921-4534(99)00316-0
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O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要
The structural and superconducting properties of La- and Ca-substituted (Nd1-xCax)(Ba2-yLay)Cu3Oz samples prepared under identical conditions have been investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), resistivity, ac susceptibility and oxygen content measurements. The effect of increasing La-concentration in Nd(Ba2-yLay)Cu3Oz is in lowering the carrier concentration and decreasing T-c, which is attributed to hole-filling by La. This suppression of T-c has been compensated by appropriate hole-doping with Ca in (Nd1-xCax)(Ba2-yLay)Cu3Oz, which shows that for a fixed La content at Ba-site, T-c increases dramatically as the Ca content increases. For instance, in the oxide (Nd1-xCax)(Ba1.6La0.4)Cu3Oz, the T-c increases from 0.0 K (x = 0.0, non-superconductor) to 84.0 K (x = 0.4, compensated oxide) as the hole-filling by La is completely balanced by hole-doping from Ca. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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