Some properties of YBamCu1+mOy (m = 2,3,4,5) superconductors

TL;DR

This study synthesized and characterized a series of YBamCu1+mOy superconductors with varying m values, analyzing their structural, compositional, and superconducting properties to understand how synthesis conditions affect their critical temperature.

Contribution

The paper reports the synthesis and detailed analysis of new YBamCu1+mOy superconductors, revealing how sintering temperature influences oxygen content and critical temperature, with structural characterization confirming orthorhombic phases.

Findings

Higher sintering temperatures reduce oxygen content.

Critical temperature decreases with increasing m value.

Orthorhombic crystal structure confirmed by XRD.

Abstract

We synthesized the YBamCu1+mOy superconductors; m = 2,3,4,5 that were Y123 (YBa2Cu3O7-x), Y134 (YBa3Cu4O9-x), Y145 (YBa4Cu5O11-x), Y156 (YBa5Cu6O13-x), by solid state reaction with the Y2O3, BaCO3 and CuO as the beginning materials. The calcination temperature was 950 C and varied the sintering temperature to be 950 C and 980 C. The resistivity measurement by four-point-probe technique showed that the Tconset of Y123, Y134, Y145, Y156 were at 97 K, 93 K, 91K, 85 K, respectively. The XRD and Rietveld full-profile analysis method were used and found that the crystal structure was in the orthorhombic with Pmmm space group with the ratio c/a were 3.0, 4.0, 5.0 and 6.0 for Y123, Y134, Y145 and Y156, respectively. The oxygen content was characterized by Iodometric titration. The (Cu3+/Cu2+and Oxygen content) were (0.28, 6.83), (0.19, 8.81), (0.13, 10.79), (0.16, 12.92) of Y123, Y134, Y145, Y156 respectively. We also found that the increasing of sintering temperature has reduced the oxygen content and the critical temperature of all samples.