Green, DC, Boston, R, Glatzel, S et al. (5 more authors) (2015) On the Mechanism of Cuprate Crystal Growth: The Role of Mixed Metal Carbonates. Advanced Functional Materials, 25 (29). pp. 4700-4707. ISSN 1616-301X
Abstract
The mechanism of formation of the superconductor Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x (Bi-2212) has been an open question since its discovery in 1988. By controlling crystal growth through the use of biopolymers as multivalent cation chelating agents, it is demonstrated through X-ray diffraction and thermogravimetric analysis, that it is the formation of a mixed metal carbonate eutectic that promotes the formation of the target phase. X-ray diffraction experiments, supported by infrared spectroscopy, identify this phase as (Sr1−x Ca x )CO3. This knowledge allows to further reduce the eutectic melting point by the incorporation of a biopolymer rich in potassium ions, resulting in the scalable formation of Bi-2212 at a temperature 50 °C lower than has been achieved previously.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015, The Authors. Published by WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | carbonates; inorganic materials; mechanisms; oxides; superconductors |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Chemistry (Leeds) > Inorganic Chemistry (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 11 Feb 2016 10:55 |
Last Modified: | 11 Feb 2016 10:55 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201501058 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1002/adfm.201501058 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:94945 |