Superconductivity and oxygen ordering correlations in the homologous series of (Cu,Mo)Sr2(Ce,Y)sCu2O5+2s+δ

O. Chmaissem, I. Grigoraviciute, H. Yamauchi, M. Karppinen, and M. Marezio
Phys. Rev. B 82, 104507 – Published 10 September 2010

Abstract

A detailed study of the structure-property relationship is reported for the first four members of the high-Tc superconducting homologous series of (Cu,Mo)Sr2(Ce,Y)sCu2O5+2s+δ [(Cu,Mo)12s2]. In this series, the adjacent CuO2 planes are separated by a single Y-cation layer for s=1 and a fluorite-type (Ce,Y)[O2(Ce,Y)]s1 layer block for s2. Even though this series may be considered a conventional homologous series from the chemical point of view, we emphasize that the structures are different from those of the Tl-, Hg-, Bi-, etc.,-based series by the fact that the inserted fluorite-type blocks are insulating. We show the formation of the higher s members via intercalation of additional Ce-O2 layer(s) into the crystal lattices of the lower members of the series. Neutron powder-diffraction data demonstrate that the Ce/Y ratio is not constant at the different (Ce,Y) layers in the fluorite-structured block and that the innermost (Ce,Y) layer(s) are significantly Ce rich compared with the outer ones. Two independent crystallographic sites are identified for the extra oxygen atoms in the basal (Cu0.75Mo0.25)O1+δ plane with site fractional occupancies that strongly correlate with the properties of the material. A short-range ordered structure is proposed for the (Cu0.75Mo0.25)O1+δ layers that could explain both the superconducting properties of the materials and the enhanced Tc for the first member of the series.

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  • Received 7 June 2010

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.82.104507

©2010 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

O. Chmaissem1,2,*, I. Grigoraviciute3, H. Yamauchi3,4, M. Karppinen3,4, and M. Marezio5

  • 1Physics Department, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115, USA
  • 2Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
  • 3Materials and Structures Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
  • 4Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, Aalto University School of Science and Technology, FI-00076 AALTO, Finland
  • 5CRETA/CNRS, 25 Avenue des Martyrs, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France

  • *Corresponding author; chmaissem@niu.edu

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Vol. 82, Iss. 10 — 1 September 2010

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