Abstract

The origin of mechanoelectric voltage arising in an 2−-conducting solid-state cell O2,Pt|ZrO2|Pt, O2, YBCO due to the pressure applied on the YBCO sample is discussed. It is demonstrated that the mechanoelectric voltage is the sum of the electronic and ionic mechanoelectric contact potentials. The mechanoelectric contact potentials are determined by the work done by the load during an elementary ordering act or another elementary process taking place when the sample absorbs one oxygen atom. Effects related to oxygen atoms being ordered under the load, such as pressure-induced oxygen absorption, enhanced deformation, and change in the order parameter, are discovered.

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