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The effect of Ga substitution on the superconductivity of Tl(BaSr)Ca1-xGaxCu2O7 (x = 0–0.5) is reported. The samples were prepared by solid-state reaction method. XRD patterns showed a single Tl-1212 phase for the x = 0 and 0.1 samples. Unreacted Ga2O3 and other impurity phases were observed in the higher substituted (x = 0.2 to 0.5) samples. The temperature-dependent resistance measurements showed metallic normal state behavior for all samples with onset transition temperature Tc-onset between 94 and 66 K and zero transition temperature Tc-zero between 86 and 55 K. AC susceptibility measurement showed the highest superconducting transition (95 K) and peak temperature (89 K) for non-substituted sample. The intergranular critical current density Jc at Tp for all samples was between 16 and 22 A cm−2. This work showed that the intergranular coupling and flux pinning energy were suppressed with Ga substitution. Some Ga+2 were most likely incorporated at Ca+2 for x = 0.1 and some resided at the grains for x ≥ 0.2 samples. This work showed that a single superconducting Tl-1212 phase was formed for x ≤ 0.1 samples. This work also showed that the internal lattice constrain which is the ratio of the lattice parameter (a/c) is important in improving the transition temperature of the Tl-1212 phase.
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We thank Dr Hafizuddin Hj Jumali for his assistance with the XRD analysis. This research was supported by the Ministry of Education of Malaysia under Grant no. FRGS/1/2017/STG02/UKM/01/1.
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Mortada-Hamid, H., Ilhamsyah, A.B.P. & Abd-Shukor, R. Formation of Tl-1212 phase in Ga-substituted Tl(BaSr)Ca1−xGaxCu2O7 superconductor. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 31, 5316–5323 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-020-03092-5
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