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Electrochemical Studies of the Mixed-Conductor System YBa2Cu307-δ

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

G.F. Holland
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
S.L. Russek
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
A.M. Stacy
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
J.N. Michaels
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
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Oxygen mobility in the system YBa2Cu307-δ (0 ≤ 8 ≤ 1) has been studied by electrochemical methods over the temperature range 500 ≤ T ≤ 800 °C. The experimental cell consisted of a pellet of YBa2Cu307-δ sandwiched between an ionically-blocking Au film electrode and an electronically-blocking yttrium-stabilized zirconia electrolyte/Pt paste electrode. The concentration of mobile oxygen ions, c(02-), and the diffusion coefficient, D, were evaluated from potential step experiments. Coulometric titration studies were used to modify the oxygen content of the oxygen deficient (δ ≥ 0) material. These electrochemically-modified samples were further characterized by magnetic susceptibility measurements to monitor the effect of changes of oxygen content on the width and position of the superconducting transītion.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1989

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