Orthorhombic YBCO-123 ceramic oxide superconductor: Structural, resistive and thermal properties

Autor: Petre Rotaru, Petr Nozar, Ana Harabor, Andrei Rotaru, N. A. Harabor
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Ceramics international 45 (2019): 2899–2907. doi:10.1016/j.ceramint.2018.07.272
info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Harabor A.; Rotaru P.; Harabor N.A.; Nozar P.; Rotaru A./titolo:Orthorhombic YBCO-123 ceramic oxide superconductor: Structural, resistive and thermal properties/doi:10.1016%2Fj.ceramint.2018.07.272/rivista:Ceramics international/anno:2019/pagina_da:2899/pagina_a:2907/intervallo_pagine:2899–2907/volume:45
ISSN: 0272-8842
Popis: Two YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7-x materials (YBCO-I sintered at 1000 °C, and YBCO-II sintered at 960 °C and following special cooling programs) belonging to the orthorhombic system were obtained. YBCO-I has a complete volume texture, while for YBCO-II it is only on sample surface. On heating in air (with 10 K min −1 in the temperature range 20–1000 °C), two endothermic processes are recorded on DSC curves (of YBCO-II) and they are due to oxygen diffusion from O1 to O5 sites, and then to the release into the environment; second endothermic effect is attributed to the decomposition reaction. Different behaviour is encountered on heating in argon: an endothermic process in two steps; continuous mass decrease (oxygen loss) during argon cooling is recorded on the thermogravimetric curve. In argon atmosphere, the obtained material shall correspond to the chemical composition: YBa 2 Cu 3 O 6.77 , while in air atmosphere, the maximal composition than may be obtained is: YBa 2 Cu 3 O 6.88 . The barrier energies from Arrhenius plots of resistivity vs. temperature (91–93 K) show 2D (YBCO-I) and 3D (YBCO-II) behaviour for the thermally activated flow of melted vortex lattice, below the critical temperature.
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