Effects of Li Doping on Superconducting Properties of Citrate Gel Prepared Y1-xLixBa2Cu3O7-d Compound

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Hauptverfasser: Moghadam, Mahshid Amiri, Gashmard, Hassan, Hosseini, Seyed Sajjad, Shakeripour, Hamideh, Salamati, Hadi
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author Moghadam, Mahshid Amiri
Gashmard, Hassan
Hosseini, Seyed Sajjad
Shakeripour, Hamideh
Salamati, Hadi
author_facet Moghadam, Mahshid Amiri
Gashmard, Hassan
Hosseini, Seyed Sajjad
Shakeripour, Hamideh
Salamati, Hadi
contents The Y1-xLixBa2Cu3O7-d polycrystalline bulk superconductors doped with Li substituting at the Y site at different concentrations (x = 0, 0.01, 0.02, 0.1) were prepared using the citrate-gel method to study the effects of doping on the superconducting temperature and critical current density. The question was whether Li addition characterized by a high Debye frequency would have any positive effects on Tc. The optimum citrate-gel and heat treatment conditions were identified as those yielding samples with a maximum grain size on the order of 50 micro.m (up to the optimum Li-doping level, x=0.01). Li substitution at the Y site was verified by structural, electrical, and magnetic measurements of the produced samples, whereas X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis revealed the formation of a pure phase with no visible impurity phases. Moreover, AC magnetic susceptibility measurements showed no increase in the superconducting transition temperature Tc, consistent with the predicted results obtained by machine learning method, although it was theoretically expected to increase owing to the high Debye frequency of Li. This observation is consistent with magnetic coupling models for pairing mechanism in cuprates. Finally, because of the optimum conditions of the preparation procedure, nearly identical values of the critical current density (Jc) were recorded for samples with different Li doping levels (up to the optimum Li doping level). It was found that improved compound preparation conditions would have a critical and extensive effect on Jc enhancement, with nearly no Tc suppression.
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spellingShingle Effects of Li Doping on Superconducting Properties of Citrate Gel Prepared Y1-xLixBa2Cu3O7-d Compound
Moghadam, Mahshid Amiri
Gashmard, Hassan
Hosseini, Seyed Sajjad
Shakeripour, Hamideh
Salamati, Hadi
Superconductivity
The Y1-xLixBa2Cu3O7-d polycrystalline bulk superconductors doped with Li substituting at the Y site at different concentrations (x = 0, 0.01, 0.02, 0.1) were prepared using the citrate-gel method to study the effects of doping on the superconducting temperature and critical current density. The question was whether Li addition characterized by a high Debye frequency would have any positive effects on Tc. The optimum citrate-gel and heat treatment conditions were identified as those yielding samples with a maximum grain size on the order of 50 micro.m (up to the optimum Li-doping level, x=0.01). Li substitution at the Y site was verified by structural, electrical, and magnetic measurements of the produced samples, whereas X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis revealed the formation of a pure phase with no visible impurity phases. Moreover, AC magnetic susceptibility measurements showed no increase in the superconducting transition temperature Tc, consistent with the predicted results obtained by machine learning method, although it was theoretically expected to increase owing to the high Debye frequency of Li. This observation is consistent with magnetic coupling models for pairing mechanism in cuprates. Finally, because of the optimum conditions of the preparation procedure, nearly identical values of the critical current density (Jc) were recorded for samples with different Li doping levels (up to the optimum Li doping level). It was found that improved compound preparation conditions would have a critical and extensive effect on Jc enhancement, with nearly no Tc suppression.
title Effects of Li Doping on Superconducting Properties of Citrate Gel Prepared Y1-xLixBa2Cu3O7-d Compound
topic Superconductivity
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.03471