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Metal-insulator transition and superconductivity in Y1−xPrxBa2Cu3O7

Yupeng Wang, Han Rushan, Zhao-Bin Su

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.50.10350 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

To interpret the metal-insulator transition and the depression of Tc induced by Pr doping for the Y1−xPrxBa2Cu3O7 system, we propose a model following the Hamiltonian of Fehrenbacher and Rice for the CuO2-Pr-CuO2 subcell. In our model, the role of the reservoir hole is particularly emphasized and a scenario for the Pr-doping-dependent hole distribution is proposed. As a natural consequence, most of the experimental results on Y1−xPrxBa2Cu3O7, including the metal-insulator transition, the depression of Tc, the valence states deduced from magnetic and spectroscopic measurements, and so on, can be explained. The critical doping density of Pr takes the value of xc≊0.5.

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FormulaReported Tc (K)Pressure (GPa)Type
Y1-xPrxBa2Cu3O7

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YBa2Cu3O7

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92Pressure not reportedunknown

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