Published 1998 | Version v1
Journal article

The influence lithium oxide on the superconducting properties of Y Ba2 Cu3 O7-x

  • 1. Institute of Physics and Technology of Materials, PO Box MG-7, R-76900 Bucharest (Romania)
  • 2. Department of Physics, Kent University, Kent, OH-44242 (United States)
  • 3. Metav SA, PO Box 18/3, 715219 Bucharest (Romania)

Description

The paper presents the effect of addition of lithium oxide to the structural and superconducting properties of the polycrystalline Y Ba2 Cu3 O7-x. The stoichiometry of the samples is Y Ba2 Cu3 O7-x Liy, y = 0.01; 0.02 and 0.03. The orthorhombic splitting decreases from 0.0173 to 0.0155 with the increase of the lithium content. The morphology of the samples shows the presence of Cu O grains for y = 0.03. The critical temperature diminishes from 89.31 K at y = 0.01 to 87.84 K for y = 0.03, while the lower critical fields remain practically constant close to 6.5 kA/m. The voltage current characteristics shows a power low behaviour: V ≅(I - IC)n. (authors)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Romanian Journal of Physics
Journal Volume
43
Journal Issue
3-4
Journal Page Range
p. 289-310
ISSN
1221-146 x

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Notes
32 refs., 16 figs., 1 tab.