Funct. Mater. 2020; 27 4: 652-658.

doi:https://doi.org/10.15407/fm27.04.652

Transverse conductivity of Y1-yPryBa2Cu3O7-δ single crystals in a wide range of praseodymium concentrations

M.V.Kislitsa1, G.Ya.Khadzhai1, R.V.Vovk1, A.V.Matsepulin1, M.E.Pivovar1,2

1V.N.Karazin Kharkiv National University, 4 Svobody Sq., 61022 Kharkiv, Ukraine
2Centre of Low Temperature Physics, Faculty of Science, P.J.Safarik University, 9 Park Angelinum, 04154 Kosice, Slovakia

Abstract: 

The temperature dependences of the transverse resistance of Y1-yPryBa2Cu3O7-δ - single crystals are measured at high concentrations of praseodymium, where semiconducting behaviour prevails. The approximation of the transverse electrical resistivity of Y1-yPryBa2Cu3O7-δ - single crystals is performed using a relation describing the total hopping and fluctuation conductivity with an accuracy of no worse than 3 %. The obtained dependences of the approximation parameters on the praseodymium content give grounds to assume that in the concentration range 0.34 < y < 0.43, the sample breaks down into separate conducting regions.

Keywords: 
transverse electrical resistance, YBaCuO, fluctuations, coherence length.
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