INVESTIGATIONS OF THE STRUCTURE AND SUPERCONDUCTING PROPERTIES OF THE PR(CA)-BA(LA)-CU-O SYSTEM - PR1-XCAXBA2CU3O7-DELTA PRBA2-XLAXCU3O7-DELTA AND PR1-XCAXBALACU3O7-DELTA

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NAGARAJAN, R
PAVATE, V
RAO, CNR
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[1] INDIAN INST SCI,SOLID STATE & STRUCT CHEM UNIT,BANGALORE 560012,KARNATAKA,INDIA
[2] INDIAN INST SCI,CTR EXCELLENCE CHEM,CSIR,BANGALORE 560012,KARNATAKA,INDIA
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10.1016/0038-1098(92)90321-Y
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O469 [凝聚态物理学];
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070205 ;
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Prompted by a literature report that thin films of Pr0.5Ca0.5Ba2Cu3O7-delta are superconducting, the structure and bulk properties of orthorhombic Pr1-xCaxBa2Cu3O7-delta and tetragonal PrBa2-xLaxCu3O7-delta have been investigated. Both these systems do not show superconductivity. Tetragonal Pr1-xCaxBaLaCu3O7-delta, on the other hand, shows superconductivity when x=1.0 and 0.8 with onset T(c)'s of 66 K and 46 K respectively; compositions with x < 0.6 are semiconducting. Since the hole concentration in PrBa2Cu3O6.9, PrBaLaCu3O7.42 and CaBaLaCu3O6.9 are comparable, the absence of superconductivity in the first two cuprates is likely to be due to the location of the 4f level of Pr3+ in the vicinity of the Cu-O band.
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