Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2011-07-06
Integrated Ferroelectrics, 116 (2010) 68-81
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
27 pages, 8 figures, 3 tables
Scientific paper
10.1080/10584587.2010.496620
Bulk superconductor samples of YBa2Cu3-xCoxO7-{\delta} with x = 0, 0.01, 0.03, 0.05 are synthesized by solid-state reaction route. Both x-ray diffraction and electron microscopy have been employed to study the phase identification, intergrowths, dislocations and the local structure of these samples. Transition temperature of the samples has been determined by four probe resistivity measurements. The x-ray diffraction patterns indicate that the gross structure/ phase of YBa2Cu3-xCoxO7-{\delta} do not change with the substitution of Co up to x=0.05. The zero resistance critical transition temperature [Tc(R=0)] is found to decrease and critical current density (Jc) increases with the increased concentration of cobalt in the compound. The Jc enhancement for the cobalt doped samples may be resulting due to flux pinning from some defects such as planar defects, stacking faults and micro defects (twin, domains etc.) and the rapid suppression in Tc may be due to the cooper pair breaking and the hole filling in the CuO2 planes.
Das Balaram
Gupta Sushant
Lalla Niranjan P.
Verma G. D.
Yadav Ravi Shankar
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