Observation of a halide (F/Cl) stabilized, new perovskite phase in superconducting Y2Ba5Cu7Ox films
- 9 May 1988
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 52 (19) , 1625-1627
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.99704
Abstract
A new, ordered perovskite structure was stabilized as a majority phase in superconducting Y2Ba5Cu7O20−δ′(F/Cl)δ″ films epitaxially grown on SrTiO3(100). The new phase was formed via fluorination or chlorination introduced during the post-deposition O2 furnace anneal for recrystallization. The structure is determined by x-ray diffraction to be an orthorhombic unit cell [a∼b=3.86(1) Å, c=27.24(6) Å] with reflection conditions consistent with a fully twinned A-centered cell. Films containing primarily the new phase show a lower resistivity ρ(300 K)∼177 μΩ cm, a comparable ratio of ρ(300 K)/ρ(100 K)∼3.0, and a lower superconducting temperature of 78–74 K when compared to Y1Ba2Cu3O7.Keywords
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