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7/23/2019 Effect of Ba, CA and Pb on the C-lattice Parameter of Bscco Films http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/effect-of-ba-ca-and-pb-on-the-c-lattice-parameter-of-bscco-films 1/4 PHYSICA Physica C 180 (1991) 46-49 North-Holland EFFECT OF Ba, Ca AND Pb ON THE C-LATTICE PARAMETER OF BSCCO FILMS G. Balestrino*, M. Marinelli, E. Milani, A. Paoletti, P. Paroli ÷ Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica, II Universit& di Roma Via O. Raimondo 8, 1-00173 Roma, Italy * Dipartimento di Fisica, Universit& di Salerno, 1-84100 Salerno, Italy + Dipartimento di Fisica, Universit& della Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, 1-87036 Cosenza, Italy The Liquid Phase Epitaxy (LPE) technique has been used to grow epitaxial, single-phase BSCCO films of both the 2201 and the 2212 phase. The possibility to introduce in the BSCCO structure ions different from the basic constituent ones by simply adding new elements to the melt has been explored. The effects on the c-lattice parameter of Ba and Pb doping in the 2212 BSCCO structure, and of Ca doping in the 2201 structure have been determined. 1. INTRODUCTION Liquid Phase Epitaxy (LPE) has been recently used 1'2 to grow high quality films of the high-To BSCCO superconductor with nominal composition Bi2Sr2Cal.xCU2.xOy ( x = 0, 1). With the choice of a suitable substrate 1-3'4, the films obtained are truly epitaxial. The mosaic spread is about 0.1 and the thickness of about 1-2 lam. In a recent paper 5 we reported on the effects on the film stoichiometry and c-lattice constant of varying the molar ratios of the BSCCO constituent oxides in the LPE growth melt. We showed that it is possible to change the relative content of the 2201, 2212 and 2223 BSCCO phases in the film by increasing or decreasing the relative content of Ca and Cu in the melt. In particular, suitable melt compositions lead to the growth of single-phase 2201 or 2212 BSCCO films. It is also possible, within the 2212 phase, to vary the ratio of Ca to Sr content; these changes of stoichiometry affect the c-lattice parameter of the film, which was found to decrease linearly with Ca content. In this paper we report on the possibility to grow dooed BSCCO films with the LPE technique. We will show that it is possible to incorporate in the BSCCO structure other elements than the standard constituent ones, simply by adding these elements in the growth melt. In particular, Ca ions have been substituted in the 2201 phase of BSCCO, and doping of the 2212 phase has been achieved with both lead and barium. The c-lattice parameter changes due to these substitutions have been analyzed. 2. EXPERIMENTAL The film growth has been performed following the guidelines reported in Ref. 5. The melt composition was varied to change the film stoichiometry. The substrate used was NdGaO3. The films were characterized from the structural, electrical and chemical point of view. A Bragg-Brentano X-ray diffractometer in 0 - 20 geometry was used (Cu K,, radiation) to check the phase, orientation and c-lattice constant of the films, while a standard 4-point technique was employed to measure the resistivity vs temperature curves. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive microprobe analysis (EDS) were used to check the surface quality and the composition of the films. The latter was normalized to a five- or seven-cation composition for the 2201 and 2212 phases respectively. The error on the amount of each cation 0921-4534/91/ 03.50 © 1991 - Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. All rights reserved.

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P H Y S I C A

P h y s i c a C 1 80 (1 9 9 1 ) 4 6 - 4 9

N o r t h - H o l l a n d

E F F E C T O F B a, C a A N D P b O N T H E C - L A T T I C E P A R A M E T E R O F B S C C O F IL M S

G. Ba les t r i no* , M. Ma r ine l li , E . M i l an i , A . Pao le t t i, P . Paro l i ÷

D i pa r t i m en t o d i I ngegn e r i a M e ccan i ca , II U n i ve r s i t& d i R om a V i a O . R a i m ondo 8 , 1 - 00173 R om a, I ta l y

* D ipa r t imen to d i F i s i ca , Un ivers i t& d i Sa le rno, 1-84100 Salerno, I t a l y

+ D i pa r t i m en t o d i F i s i ca , U n i ve r s i t & de l l a C a l ab r i a , A r cavaca t a d i R ende , 1 - 87036 C osenza , I t a l y

T h e L i q u i d P h a s e E p i t a x y (L P E ) t e c h n i q u e h a s b e e n u s e d to g r o w e p i ta x ia l , s in g l e - p h a s e B S C C O f i lm s o f

bo t h t he 2201 and t he 2212 phase . T he poss i b i l i t y t o i n t r oduce i n t he B S C C O s t r uc t u r e i ons d i f f e r en t f r om

t h e b a s i c c o n s t it u e n t o n e s b y s i m p l y a d d i n g n e w e l e m e n t s t o t h e m e l t h a s b e e n e x p l o r e d . T h e e f f e c t s o n th e

c - la t ti ce p a r a m e t e r o f B a a n d P b d o p i n g i n t h e 2 2 1 2 B S C C O s t ru c t u re , a n d o f C a d o p i n g i n th e 2 2 0 1

s t ru c t u r e h a v e b e e n d e t e r m i n e d .

1 . I N T R O D U C T I O N

L i q u i d P h a s e E p i t a x y ( L P E ) h a s b e e n r e c e n t l y

us ed 1'2 to gro w h igh qu a l i t y f i lms o f t h e h igh-To

B S C C O s u p e r c o n d u c t o r w i t h n o m i n a l c o m p o s i t i o n

Bi2Sr2Cal.xCU2.xOy ( x = 0 , 1 ) . Wi th t he ch oic e o f a

su i tab le sub s t ra te 1-3 '4 , t he f i lms obta ined are t ru l y

e p i ta x ia l . T h e m o s a i c s p r e a d is a b o u t 0 . 1 a n d t h e

t h i ckness o f abou t 1 - 2 l am .

I n a r ecen t pape r 5 w e r e p o r t e d o n t h e e f fe c t s o n

t he f i l m s t o i ch i om e t r y and c - l a t t i ce cons t an t o f

v a r y in g t h e m o l a r r a ti o s o f t h e B S C C O c o n s t i tu e n t

ox i des i n t he LP E g r ow t h m e l t . We show ed t ha t i t i s

poss i b l e t o change t he r e l a t i ve con t en t o f t he 2201 ,

2 2 1 2 a n d 2 2 2 3 B S C C O p h a s e s in th e film b y

i nc r eas i ng o r dec r eas i ng t he r e l a t i ve con t en t o f C a

an d Cu i n the m el t. I n par t i cu lar , su i tab le me l t

c o m p o s i t i o n s l e a d t o t h e g r o w t h o f s i n g l e - p h a s e

2201 o r 2212 B S C C O f il m s . It i s a l so poss i b l e , w i t h i n

t he 22 12 p hase , t o va r y t he r a t io o f C a t o S r con t en t ;

t hese changes o f s t o i ch i om e t r y a f f ec t t he c - l a t t i ce

p a r a m e t e r o f t h e f i l m , w h i c h w a s f o u n d t o d e c r e a s e

l i nea r l y w i t h C a con t en t .

I n t h i s pape r w e r epo r t on t he poss i b i l i t y t o g r ow

d o o e d B S C C O f i l m s w i t h t h e L P E t e c h n i q u e . W e w i l l

sho w t ha t it i s poss i b le t o i nco r po r a t e i n t he B S C C O

s t r u c t u r e o t h e r e l e m e n t s t h a n t h e s t a n d a r d

c o n s t i tu e n t o n e s , s i m p l y b y a d d i n g t h e s e e l e m e n t s in

t he g r ow t h m e l t . I n pa r t i cu l a r , C a i ons have been

s u b s t it u t e d in t h e 2 2 01 p h a s e o f B S C C O , a n d

d o p i n g o f t h e 2 2 1 2 p h a s e h a s b e e n a c h i e v e d w i t h

bo t h l ead and ba r i um . T he c - l a t t i ce pa r am e t e r

c h a n g e s d u e t o t h e s e s u b s t i tu t io n s h a v e b e e n

a n a l y z e d .

2 . E X P E R I M E N T A L

T h e f i l m g r o w t h h a s b e e n p e r f o r m e d f o l l o w i n g t h e

gu i de l i nes r epo r t ed i n R e f . 5 . T he m e l t com pos i t i on

w as va r i ed t o change t he f i l m s t o i ch i om e t r y . T he

s u b s t r a te u s e d w a s N d G aO 3 . T h e f il m s w e r e

cha r ac t e r i zed f r om t he s t r uc t u r a l , e l ec t r i ca l and

chem i ca l po i n t o f v i ew . A B r agg - B r en t an o X - r ay

d i f f r ac t om e t e r i n 0 - 20 geom et r y w as used ( C u K , ,

r ad i a t ion ) t o check t he ph ase , o r i en t a t i on and

c - l a t t i ce cons t an t o f t he f i l m s , w h i l e a s t anda r d

4 - p o i n t t e c h n i q u e w a s e m p l o y e d t o m e a s u r e t h e

r es is t iv i ty vs t em per a t u r e cu r ves . S can n i ng e l ec t r on

m i c r o s c o p y ( S E M ) a n d e n e r g y d i s p e r s i v e

m i c r o p r o b e a n a l y s i s ( E D S ) w e r e u s e d to c h e c k th e

su r f ace qu a l it y and t he com pos i t ion o f t he f il m s . T he

l a t t e r w as no r m a l i zed t o a f i ve - o r seven - ca t i on

c o m p o s i t io n f o r t h e 2 2 01 a n d 2 2 1 2 p h a s e s

r e s p e c t iv e l y . T h e e r r o r o n t h e a m o u n t o f e a c h c a t i o n

0 9 2 1 - 4 5 3 4 / 9 1 / 0 3 . 5 0 © 1 9 9 1 - E l s e v i e r S c ie n c e P u b l i s h e r s B . V . A l l r i g h t s r e s e r v e d .

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G. Bales tr ino e t aL / Ef fec t o f Ba Ca and P b on the C- latt ice param eter 7

i s abo u t 0 . 05 a t om s pe r fo r m u l a u n i t (a f u ).

3 . R E S U L T S A N D D I S C U S S I O N

T h e s u b s t i t u t i o n o f b a r i u m i n B S C C O s h o u l d h a v e

i m por t an t s t r uc t u r a l e f f ec t s beca use o f t he l a r ge

i on i c r ad i us o f B a . T h i s m eans , o f cou r se , t ha t i t

cou l d be d i f f i cu l t t o i nco r po r a t e l a r ge am oun t s o f B a

in t h e B S C C O s t r u c tu r e . T o o u r k n o w l e d g e , n o

B a - d o p e d s i n g l e c r y s t a l s o f B S C C O h a v e b e e n

o b t a i n e d u p to n o w .

T h e s t a rt in g p o i n t t o g r o w B a : B S C C O f il m s b y L P E

w a s s i m p l y t o a d d 0 . 4 a f u o f B a to t h e s t a n d a r d m e l t

f o r t h e g r o w t h o f 2 2 1 2 B S C C O f il m s . T h e E D S

m e a s u r e m e n t s o f t h e f il m s o b t a i n e d i n th i s w a y

s h o w e d h o w e v e r th a t o n ly a m i n im a l a m o u n t o f B a

e n t e r e d i n th e film , w h o s e c o m p o s i t io n w a s c h e c k e d

to be Bi2.~sSrl.F2Bao.o3Cal.o2Cu2.osOy. Th e ze ro

r es i s t ance t em per a t u r e i s T o = 84 . 5 K . B o t h t he

com pos i t i on and t he c r i t i ca l t em per a t u r e a r e s i m i l a r

t o the on es o f f il m s ob t a i ned f r om B a- f r ee s t anda r d

me l t s . In Tab. I t he m el t comp os i t i on , f ilm

com pos i t i on , c - la t t ice pa r am e t e r , g r ow t h t em per a t u r e

a n d s u p e r c o n d u c t i n g t r a n s i t i o n t e m p e r a t u r e a r e

r epo r t ed f o r t he f il m s used in t h i s expe r i m e n t .

S i nce t h i s r esu l t w as p r obab l y due t o t he f ac t t ha t

B a i s no t eas i l y accep t ed i n t he B S C C O l a t t i ce ce l l

because o f i t s l a r ge i on i c r ad i us , w e t r i ed t o f o r ce B a

subs t i t u t i on i n S r s i t es by i nc r eas i ng t he B a con t en t

i n t he m e l t t o 1 a f u and by s t r ong l y dec r ea s i ng t he S r

con t en t , in t he hope t o m a ke r oom f o r B a . T he

f il m s g r o w n u n d e r t h e s e c o n d i ti o n s w e r e e i t h e r

ex t r em e l y t h i n , o r con t a i ned t he 2201 phase . T o

ove r com e t h i s l as t p r ob l em w e pu t i n t he m e l t an

excess o f bo t h C a and C u and f i na l l y ob t a i ned a f i l m

w i t h no 2201 phase con t en t , and com pos i t i on

Bi2.17Sq.48Bao2oCa~.14Cu2.olOy. Th e qu al i ty of th e f i lm

w a s h o w e v e r n o t v e r y g o o d , a n d t h e z e r o r e s i s t i v i t y

t e m p e r a t u r e w a s a s l o w a s 5 3 K , t h u s c o n f i r m i n g

t ha t i t i s no t poss i b l e t o i nco r po r a t e l a r ge am oun t s o f

B a i n t he B S C C O s t r uc t u r e w i t hou t m od i f y i ng i t s

p r ope r t i es .

I t i s no t s t r a i gh t f o r w ar d t o check t he e f f ec t s o f a

d o p a n t o n t h e c - l a t t i c e p a r a m e t e r o f B S C C O f i l m s

b e c a u s e th e y c a n b e m a s k e d b y a c h a n g e in th e

T ab . I. M e l t com pos i t i on , f i lm c om pos i t i on , c - l a tt ice pa r am e t e r , c r i ti ca l t em per a t u r e T o and g r o w t h t em per a t u r e T ~

f o r som e se l ec t ed f i l m s

S am p l e N . M e l t com p . F ilm com pos i t i on c ( A ) T o (K ) T ~ ( 'C )

S F 4 3 -1 2 2 2 3 B i 2 2 s S r 1 8 9 C a o . 8 4 C u 22 30 . 95 82 830

S F4 8-2 22 23 Bi2.16S 184Cal oTCu192 30 . 82 79 820

S F 7 4 - 1 2 1 4 6 + 1 B a

B i 2 1 7 S r l 4 8 B a o 2 o C a l 1 4 C u 2 o ~

3 0 . 8 0 5 3 8 4 5

SF 68-1 22 23 + 0.4 Ba Bi2 leSr~ 72Bao.o3Cal.o2Cu2.os 30.81 84 .5 81 0

S F 51 - 1 224 6

B i2 26S r l s4C a1 200u 1 9e

3 0 . 7 5 8 0 8 1 0

S F 5 1 - 2 2 2 4 6 B i 2 1 3 S q .s 2 C a 1 2 6 C u 2 . o o 3 0 .7 1 8 0 8 1 0

SF 52 -2 22 46 B i223Srl 56Cal.2,Cu195 30.6 9 79 83 0

S F 5 1 - 3 2 2 4 6

Bi2 ~sSq s6Ca1 260u2 02

3 0 . 6 8 7 7 8 4 5

SF 54 -2 22 69 B i2 .19Sr l. s3Ca1.44Cul.es 30 .60 60 82 0

SF 30 -1 (1.3 ,0.7 )21 2 Bi2.osPbo 19Sq.7oCao93Cu212 30 .74 76 83 0

S F 3 2- 2 ( 1 . 3 ,0 . 7 ) 21 2 B i l .82P bo . 38S r loCao.9oCu2.oo 30.81 70 82 6

SF50 -1 (1 .3 ,0 .7 )246 B i l 8oPbo4oSrl .72Cal loCu196 30.7 3 69 80 0

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  8 G. Bales tr ino e t a l . / Ef fe c t o f Ba Ca and P b on the C- latt ice para meter

° <

I i

3 0 . 9

3 0 . 8

3 0 . 7

3 0 . 6

0 . 2. 8 1 . l 1 .4

x ( a . f . u . )

F I G U R E 1

B ehav i o r o f t he c - l a t t i ce pa r am e t e r o f t he ep i t ax i a l

f il m s vs X C a a f u ) f o r non - subs t i t u t ed ope n c i r c les )

an d Pb-d op ed fu ll c i r c l es) f ilms .

con t en t o f bo th S r and C a i n t he f il m a t l eas t in t he

2 2 1 2 p h a s e ) . In a r e c e n t p a p e r s w e e x t e n s i v e l y

s t ud i ed t he e f f ec t o f t he s t o i ch i om e t r y o f t he 2212

B S C C O p h a s e o n t h e c -l a tt ic e p a r a m e t e r , a n d fo u n d

see F i g . 1 t ha t the l a t t e r is li nea r ly con nec t ed t o t he

C a con t en t i n t he f i l m . A cco r d i ng t o t hese da t a , a

221 2 B S C C O f il m w it h a C a con t en t o f 1 . 14 a f u t he

one o f t he B a - do ped f ilm ) , sh ou l d have a l a t ti ce

p a r a m e t e r c = 3 0 . 7 7 A . T h e c - l a t t i c e p a r a m e t e r o f t h e

B a- doped f i l m i s c= 30 . 80 A , on l y s l i gh t l y l a r ge r t han

t he p r ev i ous o ne , i n sp i te o f t he l a r ge i on i c r ad i us o f

B a . T he e r r o r on c i s abou t 0 . 01 A .

A m u c h s i m p l e r a n d m o r e w i d e l y s t u d i e d 6

subs t i t u t i on i n B S C C O i s t he one o f l ead f o r b i sm u t h

i n t h e 2 2 1 2 p h a s e . W e h a v e p r e p a r e d l e a d

subs t i t u t ed B S C C O 2212 f i l m s s t a r t i ng f r om m e l t s i n

w h i ch 0 . 7 a f u o f B i have been subs t i t u t ed w i t h P b

see T ab . I ) . T he r esu l t i ng P b con t en t i n t he f i l m s

w a s m e a s u r e d b y E D S a n d f o u n d to b e b e t w e e n 0 . 2

and 0 .4 a fu for a ll fi lms . In F ig . 1 we repo r t f u ll do ts )

t he va l ue s o f t he c - l a t ti ce p a r am e t e r f o r t hese f il m s

as a f unc t i on o f t he i r C a con t en t . I t can be c l ea r l y

seen t ha t t he l a t t i ce pa r am e t e r o f a l l l ead subs t i t u t ed

f i l m s l ay w e l l be l ow t he s t r a i gh t l i ne w h i ch r e f e r s t o

t he undoped f i l m s . T h i s show s t ha t l ead subs t i t u t i on

d e c r e a s e s t h e c - la t ti c e c o n s t a n t o f B S C C O .

H o w e v e r , d u e t o t h e s i m u l t a n e o u s e f f e c t s o f C a a n d

Pb content on the c - l a t t i ce parameter , i t i s d i f f i cu l t t o

g i v e a q u a n t it a ti v e c o n n e c t i o n b e t w e e n t h e l e a d

c o n t e n t a l o n e a n d t h e d e c r e a s e o f t h e c - l a t t i c e

p a r a m e t e r . R o u g h l y , f o r t h e a b o v e m e n t i o n e d r a n g e

o f P b concen t r a t i on , t he dec r ease i n t he c - l a t t i ce

pa r am e t e r i s 0 . 1 A .

F u r t he r m or e w e have i nves t i ga t ed t he poss i b i l i t y o f

pa r t ia l ly subs t i t u t ing C a f o r S r in t he 2201 phase . We

f ir s t g r ew a film o f t he 2201 pha se f r om a m e l t

w i t h o u t C a . T h e X - r a y s p e c t r u m s h o w e d t h a t t h e f ilm

i s a s i ng l e - phase one , w i t h a l a t t i ce cons t an t

c = 2 4 . 5 1 A . T h e n w e h a v e g r o w n a n o t h e r 2 2 0 1 f i l m

f r om a m e l t con t a i n i ng C a . A ga i n , as sh ow n i n F ig . 2 ,

t h e f i l m w a s s i n g l e - p h a s e 2 2 0 1 p h a s e . T h e E D S

m e a s u r e m e n t g a v e t h e fo l lo w i n g c o m p o s i ti o n :

B izosSrl .76Cao 18Cu0.grO Th e c on ten t of C a can no t be

e x p l a i n e d w i th a c o n t a m i n a t io n f ro m t h e 2 2 1 2 p h a s e

4

<

~ 2

2O

0 o

0

0

0

3

2 0 ° )

o

4

X - r a y s p e c t r u m o f

p h a s e B S C C O f i l m .

F I G U R E 2

a C a- subs t i t u t ed 2201 , s i ng l e

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G. Balestrino et aL / Effect of Ba Ca and Pb on the C-latticeparameter 9

which, according to the X-ray spectrum, must be

less than 1 of the sample in volume. The lattice

parameter was then measured to be c=24.24 A. This

shows that the effect of Ca substitution in the 2201

phase is to decrease the value of the c-latt ice

parameter w ith respect to the undoped film . The

difference Ac=0.27 A be tw ee n the two latt ice

parameters is about twice the one expected for the

2212 phase when the calcium content varies of 0.18

afu.

4. CONCLUSIONS

We have shown that the LPE technique is suitable

for growing do ped films of bo th the 2212 and the

2201 phase of BSCCO. Pb and Ba have been

substituted into the 2212 phase, and Ca in the 2201

phase. The effects of such substitutions on the

c-lattice parameter have be en measu red.

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