Effect of oxygen content on the energy level of YBa2Cu3O7-δ superconductors

Huangli Zhang, Xingguo Geng, Jinshan Li, Kehe Su, Rui Hu, Cuiping Zhang, Zhenyi Wen

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Abstract

Electronic structures were calculated for a series of YBa2Cu3O7-δ (0 ≤ δ ≤ 1) in different oxygen concentrations by the density function theory (DFT) at BLYP/LanL2MB level by using Gaussian-03 packages. Attentions have been paid especially to the energy level feature near the Fermi level. The results show that the oxygen concentration would greatly influence the energy levels around the highest occupied orbit. When the oxygen concentration increases, the energy level of the highest occupied orbit decreases and the state density increases. This is consistent with the experimental observation of Tc values at different oxygen concentrations.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)910-912
Number of pages3
JournalXiyou Jinshu Cailiao Yu Gongcheng/Rare Metal Materials and Engineering
Volume35
Issue number6
StatePublished - Jun 2006

Keywords

  • Energy level structures
  • Oxygen content
  • YBaCu3O

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