INHOMOGENEITY OF CHARGE-CARRIER CONCENTRATION ALONG THE GRAIN-BOUNDARY PLANE IN OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS

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作者
DRAVID, VP [1 ]
ZHANG, H [1 ]
WANG, YY [1 ]
机构
[1] NORTHWESTERN UNIV,SCI & TECHNOL CTR SUPERCONDUCT,EVANSTON,IL 60208
来源
PHYSICA C | 1993年 / 213卷 / 3-4期
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1016/0921-4534(93)90452-V
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O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要
Spatially resolved transmission high energy electron loss spectrometry (EELS) has been utilized to probe the spatial variation of the hole concentration along the grain boundary (GB) plane in YBa2Cu3O7-delta (Y123). The O K pre-edge peak in the EELS spectra, which offers a quantitative measure of the hole concentration in p-type doped cuprate superconductors including Y123, has been observed to vary along the GB plane. These observations conform to the Dayem-Bridge-type model for GBs in Y123. A modified Dayem-Bridge model is presented based on the experimental observations of varying oxygen stoichiometry along the GB plane.
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