Conventional and Chemical Processing of High Tc Superconductors

1988 ◽  
Vol 121 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. F. Yan ◽  
H. C. Ling ◽  
H. M. O'Bryan ◽  
P. K. Gallagher ◽  
W. W. Rhodes
Keyword(s):  
Critical Current Density ◽  
Screen Printing ◽  
Tape Casting ◽  
Microstructural Development ◽  
Chemical Processing ◽  
Superconducting Properties ◽  
High Tc Superconductors ◽  
Ceramic Powders ◽  
High Tc ◽  
Dry Pressing

ABSTRACTConventional and chemical processing of the superconducting YBa2Cu3Ox ceramic powders are reviewed. Conditions for calcination, sintering and microstructural development are shown to be important considerations for the superconducting properties of YBa2Cu3Ox ceramics. We examine different forming techniques, e.g. dry pressing, hot pressing, tape casting and screen printing, to prepare superconducting components with different sizes, shapes and configurations. We also identify and discuss problem areas related to incomplete decomposition of BaCo3 precursor; oxidation of YBa2Cu3Ox ceramics; sensitivity of the YBa2Cu3Ox phase to water; reactivity of the YBa2Cu3Ox phase with substrates and co-firing materials; low critical current density in bulk ceramics of YBa2Cu3Ox and low mechanical strength of YBa2Cu3Ox ceramics.

APPLICATION OF ESR TO HIGH-Tc SUPERCONDUCTORS AND RELATED MATERIALS IV: ALKALI K DOPING EFFECTS ON THE SUPERCONDUCTING CHARACTERISTICS OF K3C60

1999 ◽  
Vol 13 (02) ◽  
pp. 59-69
Author(s):  
K. SUGAWARA ◽  
N. OHYA ◽  
N. ARAI ◽  
S. ICHIMURA ◽  
K. YAMAMOTO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Microwave Absorption ◽  
Calcination Temperature ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Superconducting Properties ◽  
High Tc Superconductors ◽  
High Tc ◽  
Doping Effects ◽  
Superconducting Volume Fraction ◽  
Vortex Size ◽  
Quartz Tubes

Several samples of K 3 C 60 have been made by the calcination of C 60 powder plus K flakes in evacuated quartz tubes at temperatures between 100°C and 700°C for 24 hours. The non-resonant microwave absorption (NRMA) measurements have been done below T c for these samples. From the linewidths and intensities of the NRMA signals, the superconducting properties (T c superconducting volume fraction and vortex size) have been studied as a function of the calcination temperature.

scholarly journals Orbital Symmetry and Orbital Excitations in High-Tc Superconductors

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrzej M. Oleś ◽  
Krzysztof Wohlfeld ◽  
Giniyat Khaliullin
Keyword(s):  
Simplified Model ◽  
Entangled States ◽  
Cooper Pairing ◽  
Superconducting Properties ◽  
High Tc Superconductors ◽  
Orbital Symmetry ◽  
Spin Orbital ◽  
High Tc ◽  
High Energies

We discuss a few possibilities of high- T c superconductivity with more than one orbital symmetry contributing to the pairing. First, we show that the high energies of orbital excitations in various cuprates suggest a simplified model with a single orbital of x 2 − y 2 symmetry doped by holes. Next, several routes towards involving both e g orbital symmetries for doped holes are discussed: (i) some give superconductivity in a CuO 2 monolayer on Bi2212 superconductors, Sr 2 CuO 4 − δ , Ba 2 CuO 4 − δ , while (ii) others as nickelate heterostructures or Eu 2 − x Sr x NiO 4 , could in principle realize it as well. At low electron filling of Ru ions, spin-orbital entangled states of t 2 g symmetry contribute in Sr 2 RuO 4 . Finally, electrons with both t 2 g and e g orbital symmetries contribute to the superconducting properties and nematicity of Fe-based superconductors, pnictides or FeSe. Some of them provide examples of orbital-selective Cooper pairing.

Structural and Superconducting Properties of RE1 - 2xPrxCaxSr0.8Ba1.2Cu3O7 - δ (RE = Er and Gd) High Tc Superconductors

2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (13) ◽  
pp. 2609-2622 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Charoenthai ◽  
P. Winotai ◽  
R. Suryanarayanan ◽  
I. M. Tang
Keyword(s):  
Heat Treatment ◽  
High Temperature ◽  
Transition Temperature ◽  
Size Effect ◽  
High Temperature Superconductors ◽  
Superconducting Properties ◽  
High Tc Superconductors ◽  
High Tc ◽  
Oxygen Annealing ◽  
Ion Size

We report here on the structural and superconducting properties of RE 1 - 2x Pr x Ca x Sr 0.8 Ba 1.2 Cu 3 O 7 - δ (RE = Er and Gd, 0 ≤ x ≤ 0.2) high temperature superconductors. The transition temperature (Tc) of these compounds decreases when the Pr and Ca concentrations are increased. At constant Pr and Ca concentrations, the Tc of Er 1 - 2x Pr x Ca x Sr 0.8 Ba 1.2 Cu 3 O 7 - δ superconductor system is higher than that observed for the Gd 1 - 2x Pr x Ca x Sr 0.8 Ba 1.2 Cu 3 O 7 - δ system. For the Gd 0.8 Pr 0.1 Ca 0.1 Sr 0.8 Ba 1.2 Cu 3 O 7 - δ sample, after heating in argon followed by oxygen annealing, the orthorhombicity increases accompanied by 10 K increase in Tc. These results show that though our data indicate an ion-size effect, the Tc suppression rate dTc/dx depends very much on the heat treatment adopted to prepare the samples.

MICROWAVE ABSORPTION STUDIES ON HIGH-Tc SUPERCONDUCTORS AND RELATED MATERIALS VII — ESR OF DPPH COATED ON A THIN BiSrCaCuO FILM FABRICATED ON MgO(100) SUBSTRATE

1992 ◽  
Vol 06 (11) ◽  
pp. 675-682
Author(s):  
K. SUGAWARA ◽  
T. SUGIMOTO ◽  
Y. SHIOHARA ◽  
S. TANAKA
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Critical Current Density ◽  
Temperature Dependence ◽  
Microwave Absorption ◽  
Current Density ◽  
Applied Magnetic Field ◽  
High Tc Superconductors ◽  
High Tc ◽  
Absorption Studies ◽  
Mpmg Method

ESR of DPPH coated on a Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O (BSCCO) film (350 Å thick) fabricated on MgO(100) substrate by MOCVD was studied. Temperature dependence of the ESR peak-to-peak linewidth, ΔH pp , and the effect of applied magnetic field on ΔH pp have been studied below about 100 K. The results were compared with those of ESR of DPPH coated on ceramic Y-Ba-Cu-O samples (powder and bulk) made by the MPMG method. The DPPH ESR for the BSCCO film revealed that ΔH pp was independent of applied magnetic field up to about 9 kG. In addition, no similarity between the temperature dependence of the excess ESR linewidth of the DPPH and that of critical current density was found for the BSCCO film. These results for the BSCCO film are different from those for the MPMG YBCO samples.

INFLUENCE OF GRAIN BOUNDARIES ON THE TRANSPORT CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY OF HIGH Tc SUPERCONDUCTORS

1991 ◽  
Vol 05 (14n15) ◽  
pp. 993-999 ◽  
Author(s):  
HUIMIN SHAO ◽  
MU LU ◽  
TIANCHANG LU ◽  
XICHUN JIN ◽  
LINJIANG SHEN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Current Density ◽  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
Critical Current ◽  
Current Density ◽  
Transport Critical Current Density ◽  
High Tc Superconductors ◽  
High Tc ◽  
Preparation Conditions ◽  
Percolation Path ◽  
Superconducting Current

This paper describes our efforts to improve the preparation conditions of YBCO samples and increase their density by doping with Sn, F, or Ag and our analysis of the influence of different grain boundaries on superconducting current. We come to the conclusion that, as the grain boundaries have an insulation layer between them forming Josephson junctions and the metalled grain boundaries form proximity junctions which are kind of weak couplings for superconductors, the current-carrying capacity of samples having such grain boundaries cannot be expected to greatly increase. Only by increasing the density of samples and purifying the grain boundaries can a better percolation path for supercurrent be created, thereby considerably increasing the critical current density.

scholarly journals Dependence of critical current density on microstructure and processing of high-Tc superconductors

1994 ◽  
Vol 23 (11) ◽  
pp. 1191-1197 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Goyal ◽  
E. D. Specht ◽  
Z. L. Wang ◽  
D. M. Kroeger ◽  
J. A. Sutliff ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Current Density ◽  
Critical Current ◽  
Current Density ◽  
High Tc Superconductors ◽  
High Tc

Grain Boundary Structure and Properties of High-Tc Superconductors

1992 ◽  
Vol 275 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Jagannadham ◽  
J. Narayan
Keyword(s):  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Critical Current Density ◽  
Critical Current ◽  
Current Density ◽  
Boundary Effects ◽  
Boundary Structure ◽  
Excess Charge ◽  
High Tc Superconductors ◽  
High Tc ◽  
Grain Boundary Structure

ABSTRACTWe have modelled the grain boundaries in high-Tc superconducting oxides and determined the critical current density. The tunneling of superconducting pairs across the coalesced regions is used to determine the boundary effects. The length of the coalesced regions, with continuity of the Cu-O planes maintained by relaxation of the atom positions, is determined by minimization of the energy of the configuration. The depression of the order parameter is evaluated using the continuity conditions at the boundary in the proximity effect formulation. The excess charge distribution at the core of the boundary, determined from the solution to the Poisson's equation, is used to determine the scattering of the superconducting pairs. The width of the boundary, evaluated from modelling, determines the transmission coefficient for tunnelingof superconducting pairs. The critical current density is expressed in terms of these four important factors associated with the grain boundary. All the experimental results are explained by the present modelling of the grain boundary effects.

Structural and superconducting properties of Y1-2xPrxCaxBa2Cu3O7-?: high-Tc superconductors

2004 ◽  
Vol 201 (9) ◽  
pp. 2082-2088 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Charoenthai ◽  
P. Winotai ◽  
R. Suryanarayanan
Keyword(s):  
Superconducting Properties ◽  
High Tc Superconductors ◽  
High Tc
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