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Structural and Magneto-Electrical Properties of Bi2-xSmxSr2CaCu2O8 + δ High Tc Superconductor Prepared by Pechini Method

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Polycrystalline superconducting samples of Bi2-xSmxSr2CaCu2O8+δ were synthesized using Pechini method with different doping Sm concentrations (x = 0.0, 0.05, and 0.10) and investigated. FTIR spectroscopy showed that our final samples are totally free of organic elements. Le Bail refinement revealed that they were crystallized in the Bi-2212 phase. A small amount of the omnipresent Bi-2201 phase appeared as an impurity phase in all samples, whereas a small amount of Bi-2223 appeared only in the case of x = 0.5. In one hand, the Sm doping decreases the cell parameters, and in other hand, it leads to a transformation into a pseudo-tetragonal structure in the case of x = 0.10.The modulation was found to be incommensurate and increases with Sm content. The magneto-electrical resistivity curves show a transition to the superconductor state. The critical temperature TC decreases with the Sm doping, whereas the activation energy U0 increased from 53.4 meV to 68.9 meV.

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The authors would like to thank the Directorate General for Scientific Research and Technological Development—DGRSDT (PRFU Project N°. B00L02UN390120180003). The authors also acknowledge Dr. Michal Dusek, Senior Scientist at the Institute of Physics ASCRin Prague, Czech Republic, and Pr. Abderrezzak Amira, Professor at Mohammed Seddik Ben Yahia University, Jijel, Algeria for their advices.

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    Mourad Mimouni, Mohammed Sadok Mahboub, Ghani Rihia, Soria Zeroual & Mebrouk Ghougali

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    Sevgui Polat Altintas

  5. ICD-LASMIS, University of Technology of Troyes, 26 rue Lavoisier, 52800, Nogent, France

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Mimouni, M., Mahboub, M.S., Mahamdioua, N. et al. Structural and Magneto-Electrical Properties of Bi2-xSmxSr2CaCu2O8 + δ High Tc Superconductor Prepared by Pechini Method. J Supercond Nov Magn 33, 3321–3331 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-020-05599-8

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