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Influence of the Hole Concentration on Tc in 110K BiPbSrCaCuO Superconductors: The Intergrain and Intragrain Effects

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Physics and Materials Science of High Temperature Superconductors, II

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Influence of the hole concentration on transition temperature and on intergrain coupling were investigated in 110 K Bi superconductor. A.c. susceptibility of the sample has a two stage behavior due to phase coherence in the grains and between the grains. The measurements as a function of a.c. field amplitude show that the grain boundaries act like Josephson junctions with a depressed order parameter. The hole concentration was varied between 0.17 and 0.31 per CuO unit by heat treatment in the single phase samples at appropriate oxygen partial pressures. The dependences of intergrain (Tcj) and intragrain (Tc) diamagnetic transition temperatures on the hole concentration are similar to other p-type high-Tc compounds. Although Tc changes in a range of 2.5 K, Tcj is very sensitive to the hole concentration and varies in a range of 40 K. However, with increasing of the hole concentration Tcj approaches Tc until the maximum value of Tc is achieved, and then suddenly decreases at high levels of oxidation. These results indicate that the degree of the order parameter depression at the grain boundaries can be minimized in a sample which is prepared with a hole concentration corresponding to the maximum value of the intragrain transition temperature.

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Özdaş, E., Firat, T. (1992). Influence of the Hole Concentration on Tc in 110K BiPbSrCaCuO Superconductors: The Intergrain and Intragrain Effects. In: Kossowsky, R., Raveau, B., Wohlleben, D., Patapis, S.K. (eds) Physics and Materials Science of High Temperature Superconductors, II. NATO ASI Series, vol 209. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2462-1_24

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