Abstract
A series of SnO2 added MgB2 bulk superconductors were prepared by in situ route to study the effect of oxygen doping on superconducting and structural properties of MgB2. Several (MgB2)1-x (SnO2) x samples were fabricated with x ranging from 0, 3 wt%, 4 wt%, and 6 wt%. Upper critical field (B C2) and irreversible field (B irr) were measured by physical property measurement system. Thermal analysis was performed on the as-received SnO2 powder. Critical current densities (J cm ) were obtained at 4.2 K using magnetic measurement. X-ray diffraction results showed evidence of full SnO2 decomposition in all the doped bulk samples and a shift of a-axis in MgB2 lattice was seen. Oxygen was successfully released during heat treatment, yet no enhancement of B C2 or B irr was seen, indicating that oxygen atoms did not end up in the host lattice. Further exploration of different processing procedures is still needed in order to get oxygen substitution on the host lattice sites.
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