Gd-YBa2Cu3O7-δ (Gd-YBCO) thin films with 10 mol% and 20 mol% excess-Gd concentration with respect to Y were investigated at the Gd L3 and Y K core absorption edges by EXAFS spectroscopy with the aim of determining the local structure of the Gd dopant. To this purpose, EXAFS data were collected also on GdBa2Cu3O7-δ (GdBCO) and pristine YBCO films and on Gd2O3 and Y2O3 model compounds for comparison with the YBCO films with Gd excess. The EXAFS analysis was based on Y and Gd oxides as well as on a cluster obtained by Density Functional Theory (DFT) where Gd atoms were inserted substitutional to Y atoms. The EXAFS data clearly reveal the incorporation of Gd in the lattice as substitute of Y and no evidence of segregated Gd oxide was found within the film matrix.

Evidence of Gd substitution for Y in YBCO films with Gd excess

Reale, P.;Pinto, V.;Celentano, G.;Angrisani Armenio, A.;Rufoloni, A.;Santoni, A.;
2024-01-01

Abstract

Gd-YBa2Cu3O7-δ (Gd-YBCO) thin films with 10 mol% and 20 mol% excess-Gd concentration with respect to Y were investigated at the Gd L3 and Y K core absorption edges by EXAFS spectroscopy with the aim of determining the local structure of the Gd dopant. To this purpose, EXAFS data were collected also on GdBa2Cu3O7-δ (GdBCO) and pristine YBCO films and on Gd2O3 and Y2O3 model compounds for comparison with the YBCO films with Gd excess. The EXAFS analysis was based on Y and Gd oxides as well as on a cluster obtained by Density Functional Theory (DFT) where Gd atoms were inserted substitutional to Y atoms. The EXAFS data clearly reveal the incorporation of Gd in the lattice as substitute of Y and no evidence of segregated Gd oxide was found within the film matrix.
2024
Atomic scale structure
Chemical synthesis
Computer simulations
EXAFS
GdBCO
Superconductors
YBCO
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