Chemical analyses of grain boundaries in random superconductor/metal composites
ANTUNES, Laurent
Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux [ICMCB]
Centre de recherches Paul Pascal [CRPP]
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Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux [ICMCB]
Centre de recherches Paul Pascal [CRPP]
ANTUNES, Laurent
Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux [ICMCB]
Centre de recherches Paul Pascal [CRPP]
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Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux [ICMCB]
Centre de recherches Paul Pascal [CRPP]
Language
en
Article de revue
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Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications. 2002, vol. 377, n° 3, p. 372-382
Elsevier
English Abstract
Chemical composition of interfaces in fractured superconductor/metal composites has been investigated using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Superconducting phases under investigation were bismuth phases: Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ ...Read more >
Chemical composition of interfaces in fractured superconductor/metal composites has been investigated using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Superconducting phases under investigation were bismuth phases: Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ (Bi-2212) and Bi1.7Pb0.3Sr2CaCu2O8+δ ((Bi,Pb)-2212). Such materials presented mainly intergranular fractures, which allowed chemical and statistical characterisation of the grain boundaries to be obtained. XPS analyses showed that the presence of silver does not change significantly the chemistry of grain boundaries of the superconducting phases. Comparison between Ca 2p3/2 and O 1s spectra of the two series suggested that (Bi,Pb)-2212 samples should exhibit better superconducting properties than Bi-2212 series (increase in hole doping). Such analyses were successfully compared to results obtained from resistivity measurements carried out on these composites. Distributions of the critical temperatures of junctions obtained from a phenomenological modelling based on the percolation theory actually support the above result of better superconducting grain boundaries in (Bi,Pb)-2212 as compared to Bi-2212 composites.Read less <
English Keywords
Bismuth phase
Superconductor/metal composite
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
Grain boundary
Origin
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