Published August 1, 2003 | Version v1
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Hole doping in Pb-free and Pb-substituted (Bi,Pb)2Sr2Ca2Cu3O10+δ superconductors

  • 1. Materials and Structures Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8503 (Japan)
  • 2. Superconductivity Research Laboratory, International Superconductivity Technology Center, Tokyo 135-0062 (Japan)
  • 3. National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (NSRRC), Hsinchu, Taiwan (China)
  • 4. Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (China)

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Using single-phase samples of the (Bi,Pb)2Sr2Ca2Cu3O10+δ [(Bi,Pb)-2223] high-Tc superconductor and utilizing two complementary analysis techniques, i.e., coulometric redox titration and x-ray-absorption near-edge structure spectroscopy at both O K and Cu L edges, the individual charges of the (Bi,Pb)2O2+δ charge reservoir and the superconductive block that contains the three CuO2 planes are consistently determined. Lead is found to enter the (Bi,Pb)-2223 phase with a valence close to III on average. As the oxygen content concomitantly decreases, the average CuO2-plane hole concentration decreases upon substituting bismuth in the pristine Bi-2223 phase with lead

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Journal Title
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Journal Volume
68
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 054502-054502.5
ISSN
1098-0121

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