Understanding the origin of the recovery of superconductivity in halogenated YBCO single crystal : atomic structure study

The recovery of superconductivity in underdoped YBa_2Cu_3O_{6+y} (YBCO) by exposure to bromine, iodine, chlorine and fluorine is a long-standing problem which has not been clearly resolved. The key question concerns the role of these halogens in the lattice. In order to shed light to this problem, we have performed multiple-edge x-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) measurements about the Y K, Ba L_3, I L_3, Cu K and Br K-edges at room temperature on brominated (non-brominated) and iodinated (non-iodinated) YBCO single crystals. Our XAFS results at the Br K (brominated) and I L_3 -edges (iodinated) reveal that bromine and iodine do not enter the perfect YBCO lattice. However, the XAFS fitting results at the Br K and I L_3-edges reveal that Br and I do occupy the Cu(l) sites of the oxygen deficient YBCO in nanoclusters. From the polarized x-ray absorption near edge measurements (XANES) at the Cu K-edge, the nanoclusters were found to be randomly oriented with respect to the "host" crystal and with respect to the polarization vector.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Physics - (Ph.D.)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Federated Physics Department

Year

2004

Author dc:creator

• Dieng, Lamine Mohamed Kollakoye

Contributors dc:contributor

• Trevor Tyson
• Mark C. Croft
• Daniel Ely Murnick

• Superconductivity
• YBCO
• Bromination
• Halogenation
• Other Physics

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/dissertations/624

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.njit.edu:dissertations-1679