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Effect of Oxygen Vacancies in the SrO Planes on the Tc(x) of Bi2Sr2 –xLaxCuO6 + δ Crystals

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We report the first systematic study of the effect of oxidizing annealing on the superconducting transition temperature Tc of Bi2Sr2 –xLaxCuO6 + δ crystals. Using a standard heat treatment procedure, we have obtained detailed Tc(x) data for Bi2Sr2 –xLaxCuO6 + δ crystals in the range x = 0.35–0.75. Comparison of the shape of the Tc(x) curve for Bi2Sr2 –xLaxCuO6 + δ with that for La2 –xSrxCuO4 demonstrates a factor of 4 reduction in the dependence of hole concentration in the CuO2 planes from a La3+ substitution on the Sr2+ sites becouse oxygen content (or index) varies. This finding can be accounted for in terms of changes in the amount of oxygen vacancies in the SrO planes. In particular, the oxygen index in Bi2Sr2 –xLaxCuO6 + δ varies by 0.3 per formula unit.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We gratefully thank our colleagues at the Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences: L.Ya. Vinnikov and G.A. Emel’chenko for their helpful comments, A.D. Shovkun for his assistance in the crystal growth work, A.F. Shevchun for measuring the susceptibility of some of the samples, S.S. Khasanov for performing the X-ray diffraction work, and E.Yu. Postnova and D.V. Matveev for the electron-microscopic measurements.

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This work was supported by the Russian Federation Ministry of Science and Higher Education (state research target for the Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences) and in part by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (grant nos. 12-02-01009-a and 13-02-01011-a).

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  1. Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ossip’yan str. 2, 142432, Chernogolovka, Moscow district, Russia

    A. B. Kulakov, D. V. Shovkun & M. R. Trunin

  2. Higher School of Economics (National Research University), Myasnitskaya ul. 20, 101000, Moscow, Russia

    M. R. Trunin

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Kulakov, A.B., Shovkun, D.V. & Trunin, M.R. Effect of Oxygen Vacancies in the SrO Planes on the Tc(x) of Bi2Sr2 –xLaxCuO6 + δ Crystals. Inorg Mater 55, 1242–1249 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168519120094

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