Superconducting and Electrical Resistivity of HTS Bi-2223 Doped by (Cr2O3:SnO)x Nanoparticles

Abstract

The addition of metal nanoparticles in the Bi-based superconductors has shown the disorder produced by the cations incorporation in the crystal structure affects the TC (Critical temperature) of the system. the addition of new mixture of (Cr2O3: SnO)x on high temperature superconductors HTS Bi1.6Pb0.4 Sr2Ca2Cu3O10+δ (Bi-2223) with ratio 1:1 where x = 0.0, 0.05, 0.10, 0.15 and 0.20 was investigated by solid-state reaction technique was used to prepare superconductor samples. Samples were characterized by X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FS-EM), Energy Dispersive X-ray (EDX), and electrical resistivity. the results of XRD proved that the structure of 2223 remains the same even with the addition of (Cr2O3: SnO)x nanoparticles. The phase 2223 has the majority even phase Bi-2212 and phase Ca2PbO4 showed a contribution inside structure. As a result of the change physico-chemical properties resistivity of the doped optimized sample x = 0.10 was increasing 2.2 K approximately rather than the undoped one then decreased gradually up to x = 0.20. From resistivity measurement, the TC of 2223 doped with (Cr2O3: SnO)x at x = 0.10 was 113.2 K approximately. The addition of metal oxides in superconductor materials has been considered to be one of the most promising materials for large scale applications in superconducting industry.