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Comparison of the Dopant Effect and Sample Preparation Method on Y-123 Superconductors

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The detailed comparison of the effects of Co and CoFe2O4 dopants and preparation methods (solid-state reaction method and sol–gel methods) have been studied on structural, electrical, superconducting, and mechanical properties of Y123 bulk superconductors. The do** amounts of Co and CoFe2O4 were chosen up to 0.10 wt. %. X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) method, temperature-dependent resistance measurement (R-T), and Vickers microhardness analyses were performed to characterize prepared samples. XRD analysis showed that all samples have Pmmm symmetry of orthorhombic crystal structure; intensities and width of the diffraction lines were affected by do** material, but, independent of the preparation method. Although all samples crystallize in orthorhombic structure and exhibit superconductivity behavior, with increasing do** rate the critical transition temperatures of the samples showed a significant decrease and broadened to superconducting temperature transition width. This is more evident in CoFe2O4-doped Y-123 samples produced by sol–gel method. As the applied force increased, it was observed that the microhardness values of the Co-doped samples increased while the CoFe2O4-doped samples decreased, regardless of the sample preparation method.

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    O. Ozturk & A. R. A. Nefrow

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  3. Central Research Laboratory, Kastamonu University, 37100, Kastamonu, Turkey

    S. Kurnaz

  4. Department of Physics, Ankara University, 06100, Ankara, Turkey

    S. Safran

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Ozturk, O., Nefrow, A.R.A., Bulut, F. et al. Comparison of the Dopant Effect and Sample Preparation Method on Y-123 Superconductors. J Supercond Nov Magn 34, 2821–2832 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-021-06046-y

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