Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2007-11-27
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
12 PAGES (TEXT+FIGS). ACCEPTED: J. APPL.PHYS. (MMM-2007 Proceedings)
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.2831778
Polycrystalline MgB2-nDx (x= 0 to 0.1) samples are synthesized by solid-state route with ingredients of Mg, B and n-Diamond. The results from magneto-transport and magnetization of nano-diamond doped MgB2-nDx are reported. Superconducting transition temperature (Tc) is not affected significantly by x up to x = 0.05 and latter decreases slightly for higher x > 0.05. R(T) vs H measurements show higher Tc values under same applied magnetic fields for the nano-diamond added samples, resulting in higher estimated Hc2 values. From the magnetization measurements it was found that irreversibility field value Hirr for the pristine sample is 7.5 Tesla at 4 K and the same is increased to 13.5 Tesla for 3-wt% nD added sample at the same temperature. The Jc(H) plots at all temperatures show that Jc value is lowest at all applied fields for pristine MgB2 and the sample doped with 3-wt% nD gives the best Jc values at all fields. For the pure sample the value of Jc is of the order of 105 A/cm2 at lower fields but it decreases very fast as the magnetic field is applied and becomes negligible above 7 Tesla. The Jc is 40 times higher than pure MgB2 at 10 K at 6 Tesla field in case of 3%nD doped sample and its value is still of the order of 103 A/cm2 at 10 Tesla for the same sample. On the other hand at 20K the 5%nD sample shows the best performance at higher fields. These results are discussed in terms of extrinsic pinning due to dispersed n-Diamond in the host MgB2 matrix along with the intrinsic pinning due to possible substitution of C at Boron site and increased inter-band scattering for highly doped samples resulting in extraordinary performance of the doped system.
Awana* V. P. S.
Bhalla G. L.
Kishan Hari
Narlikar A. V.
Vajpayee Arpita
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