P. Zoller et al., SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND PROCESSING OF SINGLE BI-O LAYERED CUPRATES IN THE (BI,PB)-SR-(CA,Y)-CU-O SYSTEM, Zeitschrift fur Physik. B, Condensed matter, 96(4), 1995, pp. 505-509
The effects of improved materials processing on single Bi-O layered cu
prates in the (Bi, Pb)-Sr-(Ca, Y)-Cu-O system have been investigated.
For Bi-1212 we have improved T-c to 102 K. The bulk nature of supercon
ductivity is confirmed by the presence of superconducting volume fract
ions (chi ZFC) around 30-40%. The critical current density is 2 x 10(6
) Acm(-2) at 5 K and 0 T. Moreover, indications for the presence of a
second phase probably Bi-1223 with a transition to superconductivity i
n the range of 115-150 K have been found.