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Improvement in the superconducting properties of YBa2Cu3O7-d material via PbO addition

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In this study, we reported the DC magnetic measurement M(H) loops, intragrain critical current density (Jc), pinning mechanisms, and thermal fluctuations induced excess conductivity for polycrystalline products of YBa2Cu3O7-δ (Y123) with and without PbO addition. Pristine Y123 and PbO-added Y123 samples were produced by considering the solid-state reaction process. The produced products were surveyed using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning, and transmission electron microscopes (SEM and TEM) along with energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectroscopy, magnetization hysteresis loops, and electrical resistivity measurements. The combination of PbO with the Y123 polycrystalline preserved the YBa2Cu3O7-δ orthorhombic structure, and amplified Jc under an external magnetic field, thereby changing the flux pinning ability. Excess conductivity analysis was performed near the critical temperature using the Aslamazov–Larkin model. It was established that PbO upgrades the superconducting parameters estimated at a temperature of 0 K, viz. the critical current density (\(J_{c} \left( 0 \right)\)), the upper and lower critical magnetic fields \(B_{c1} \left( 0 \right)\) and \(B_{c2} \left( 0 \right)\), respectively.

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  1. Department of Biophysics, Institute for Research and Medical Consultations (IRMC), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam, 31441, Saudi Arabia

    Yassine Slimani

  2. Laboratory of Physics of Materials: Structure and Property LR01ES15, Faculty of Science of Bizerte, University of Carthage, Zarzouna, Bizerte, 7021, Tunisia

    Mouldi Zouaoui & Mohamed Ben Salem

  3. Department of Physics, College of Science, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam, 31441, Saudi Arabia

    Faten Ben Azzouz

  4. Basic and Applied Scientific Research Center, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam, 31441, Saudi Arabia

    Faten Ben Azzouz

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Slimani, Y., Zouaoui, M., Ben Salem, M. et al. Improvement in the superconducting properties of YBa2Cu3O7-d material via PbO addition. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 34, 1567 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-023-10922-9

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