Sains Malaysiana 45(12)(2016): 1959–1968

http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/jsm-2016-4512-21

 

Analisis Kekonduksian Lebihan Superkonduktor YBa₂Cu₃O7-δ Ditambah Nanozarah PbO

(Excess Conductivity Analysis of PbO Nanoparticle Added YBa₂Cu₃O7-δ Superconductor)

 

ANNAS AL-SHARABI¹, SARAH YASMIN TAJUDDIN², AU DIYA FATIHAH WAN SAFFIEY², SYAZANA JASMAN², H.A. ALWI², M.H. JUMALI² & R. ABD-SHUKOR²*

 

¹Department of Physics, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Thamar University, Thamar

Republic of Yemen

 

²School of Applied Physics, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

43600 Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

 

Received: 24 June 2016/Accepted: 4 August 2016

ABSTRAK

Kesan penambahan PbO dengan saiz 10 hingga 30 nm terhadap kekondukisan lebihan YBa₂Cu₃O7-δ telah dikaji. Kekonduksian lebihan ialah fluktuasi kekonduksian elektrik disebabkan oleh interaksi pasangan Cooper dengan elektron biasa berhampiran suhu genting, Tc. Sampel dengan komposisi permulaan YBa2Cu₃O7-δ(PbO)x untuk x = 0.00- 0.45 peratus berat (% bt.) telah disediakan melalui tindak balas keadaan pepejal. Analisis fluktuasi dan kekonduksian lebihan menggunakan teori Aslamazov-Larkin (AL) untuk menentukan dimensi kekonduksian l telah dijalankan. Teori Lawrence-Donaich (LD) pula digunakan untuk menentukan panjang koheren ξc(0), gandingan Josephson J dan anisotropi γ = (ξab(0)/ξc(0)). Suhu genting mula adalah tertinggi (Tc mula = 94 K) untuk sampel x = 0.35. Analisis kekonduksian menunjukkan PbO menyebabkan peralihan kekonduksian daripada 2 dimensi ke 3 dimensi dengan suhu peralihan, T2D–3D tertinggi bagi sampel x = 0.20 (120 K). Model Lawrence-Donaich menunjukkan panjang koheren ξc(0) adalah terpanjang dan anisotropi terendah bagi sampel x = 0.25. Sampel ini juga menunjukkan gandingan Josephson tertinggi, J = 0.296. Dua kesan yang mungkin berlaku akibat penambahan PbO ialah pembentukan bahan bukan superkonduktor dalam sampel dan peningkatan hubungan antara butiran yang meningkatkan sifat-sifat kesuperkonduksian.

 

Kata kunci: Gandingan Josephson; kekonduksian lebihan; panjang koheren

 

ABSTRACT

The effects of nano-sized PbO (10-30 nm) addition on the excess conductivity of YBa₂Cu₃O7-δ have been studied. Excess conductivity is the fluctuations in conductivity due to the interaction of normal electrons with the Cooper pairs near the critical temperature, Tc. Samples with starting composition YBa₂Cu₃O7-δ(PbO)x for x = 0.00- 0.45 weight percent (wt. %) were prepared using the solid state reaction method. Superconducting fluctuations and excess conductivity were analyzed using the Aslamazov-Larkin (AL) theory to determine the conductivity dimensions l. The Lawrence-Donaich (LD) theory was used to determine the coherence length ξc(0), Josephson coupling J and the anisotropy γ = (ξab(0)/ξc(0)). The onset transition temperature, Tc onset was highest (Tc onset = 94 K) for the sample with x = 0.35. Conductivity analysis showed that nano-sized PbO induced transition from 2 dimensional to 3 dimensional conductivity with the highest transition temperature T2D–3D in the x = 0.20 sample. The Lawrence-Donaich model showed the longest coherence length ξc(0) and lowest anisotropy for the x = 0.25 sample. This sample also showed the highest Josephson coupling, J = 0.296. The two possible effects of nanosized PbO addition in YBa2Cu₃O7-δ is the formation of non-superconducting regions and the improved inter-grains connectivity enhanced the superconducting properties.

 

Keywords: Coherence length; excess conductivity; Josephson coupling

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*Corresponding author; email: ras@ukm.edu.my