The crystal structure and superconductivity of Tl<sub>2</sub>Ba<sub>2</sub>CaCu<sub>2</sub>O<sub>8</sub>
J K Liang; J Q Huang; G H Rao; S S Xie; Y L Zhang; G C Che; X R Cheng; J K Liang; Inst. of Phys., Acad. Sinica, Beijing, China; J Q Huang; Inst. of Phys., Acad. Sinica, Beijing, China; G H Rao; Inst. of Phys., Acad. Sinica, Beijing, China; S S Xie; Inst. of Phys., Acad. Sinica, Beijing, China; Y L Zhang; Inst. of Phys., Acad. Sinica, Beijing, China; G C Che; Inst. of Phys., Acad. Sinica, Beijing, China; X R Cheng; Inst. of Phys., Acad. Sinica, Beijing, China
Журнал:
Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
Дата:
1988-06-14
Аннотация:
The crystal structure and superconductivity of another superconducting phase in the Tl-Ba-Ca-Cu-O system have been studied. This superconducting phase has a zero-resistance temperature of 100.6 K and diamagnetic susceptibility appears at 98.4 K. The ideal chemical formula is Tl<sub>2</sub>Ba<sub>2</sub>CaCu<sub>2</sub>O<sub>8</sub>. The crystal structure of this compound was determined by means of X-ray powder diffraction. It belongs to the body-centred tetragonal system with lattice constants a=3.847 AA and c=29.43 AA. Its space group is D<sub>4h</sub><sup>17</sup> (I4/mmm). Each unit cell contains two formula units. 2 Ca<sup>2+</sup> cations occupy 2(a) equivalent point positions. 4 Ba<sup>2+</sup>, 4 Tl<sup>3+</sup> and 4 Cu<sup>2+</sup> cations occupy the same equivalent point positions 4(e) with respective atomic parameters z=0.115, 0.285 and 0.450. 16 O anions occupy 8(g) (z=0.450) and two 4(e) equivalent point positions (z=0.200 and 0.380). The crystal structure of Tl<sub>2</sub>Ba<sub>2</sub>CaCu<sub>2</sub>O<sub>8</sub> is isomorphic with that of Bi<sub>2</sub>Sr<sub>2</sub>CaCu<sub>2</sub>O<sub>8</sub>. Comparing it with the structure of Tl<sub>2</sub>Ba<sub>2-x</sub>Ca<sub>1+x</sub>Cu<sub>3</sub>O<sub>9</sub>, both of them have the same lattice constant a, but they have different lattice constants c, as the stacking numbers along the c axis are different. The superconducting transition temperature of Tl<sub>2</sub>Ba<sub>2</sub>CaCu<sub>2</sub>O<sub>8</sub> is lower than that of Tl<sub>2</sub>Ba<sub>2-x</sub>Ca<sub>1+x</sub>Cu<sub>3</sub>O<sub>9</sub>. The transition temperature T<sub>c</sub> is possibly related to the magnitude of c and the Cu<sup>2+</sup> content in the unit cell.
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