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Evidence for peroxide formation in superconducting YBa2−xLaxCu3O7±δ

A. Manthiram, X. X. Tang, J. B. Goodenough

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.37.3734 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

The sysetm YBa2−xLaxCu3O7±δ(0≤x≤0.5), annealed to a maximum oxygen concentration under 1 atm of O2, exhibits three distinct compositional ranges. (1) For 0≤x<0.05, the maximum oxygen concentration is O6.94+0.5x; the intercalated oxygen atoms are monomeric and Tc increases to 99 K at x=0.05. (2) For 0.10≤x<0.5, the maximum oxygen concentration is O6.85+0.5x; beyond x≊0.07 the additional oxygen appear to be intercalated as peroxide ions and Tc decreases linearly with x through a smooth orthorhombic-tetragonal phase transition at x=0.30. (3) For 0.05≤x<0.10, a transition between the two regimes occurs.

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FormulaReported Tc (K)Pressure (GPa)Type
YBa2Cu3O7-δ

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97Pressure unresolvedmidpoint
YBa1.975La0.025Cu3O7+δ

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99Pressure unresolvedmidpoint
YBa1.95La0.05Cu3O7+δ

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99Pressure unresolvedmidpoint
YBa1.925La0.075Cu3O7+δ

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99Pressure unresolvedmidpoint
YBa1.9La0.1Cu3O7+δ

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95Pressure unresolvedmidpoint
YBa1.8La0.2Cu3O7+δ

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78Pressure unresolvedmidpoint
YBa1.7La0.3Cu3O7+δ

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67Pressure unresolvedmidpoint
YBa1.6La0.4Cu3O7+δ

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52Pressure unresolvedmidpoint
YBa1.5La0.5Cu3O7+δ

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38Pressure unresolvedmidpoint

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