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A comparative study on the influence of the addition of different nano-oxide particles on the thermopower of (Bi,Pb)-2223 superconductor

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Solid-state reaction technique was used to prepare superconductor samples with nominal composition of (SnO2)x(Bi,Pb)-2223 and (NiO)x(Bi,Pb)-2223, where 0.0 ≤ x ≤ 0.2 wt%. The prepared samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The impact of SnO2 and NiO nanoparticles addition on the thermopower of (Bi,Pb)-2223 was measured using a standard differential technique. The Seebeck coefficient values in the presence of NiO nanoparticles were about 5–37.9% higher than those obtained with the addition of SnO2 nanoparticles. Higher values of Seebeck coefficients result in a wide variety of applications of these superconductors such as electronics and thermoelectric devices. The obtained results were analyzed according to the two-band model (Fermi-liquid model) and the two-band model with an extra linear term. The Fermi velocity (υF), Fermi energy, Fermi temperature (TF), Fermi wavenumber (KF), Fermi wavelength (λF) as well as the carrier concentration (N/V) values were calculated and discussed as a function of the nanoparticles content.

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    H. T. Rahal & A. M. Abdel-Gaber

  2. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Beirut Arab University, Beirut, Lebanon

    R. Awad & S. Marhaba

  3. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

    A. I. Abou-Aly

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Rahal, H.T., Awad, R., Abdel-Gaber, A.M. et al. A comparative study on the influence of the addition of different nano-oxide particles on the thermopower of (Bi,Pb)-2223 superconductor. Appl. Phys. A 125, 365 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-019-2661-2

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