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Superconductivity in the cobalt-doped V3Si A15 intermetallic compound
The A15 structure of superconductors is a prototypical type-II superconductor
that has generated considerable interest since the early history of
superconducting materials. This paper discusses the superconducting properties
of previously unreported V3-xCoxSi alloys. It is found that the lattice
parameter decreases with increasing cobalt-doped content and leads to an
increased residual resistivity ratio (RRR) value of the V3-xCoxSi system.
Meanwhile, the superconducting transition temperature (Tc) cobalt-doped
content. Furthermore, the fitted data show that the increase of cobalt-doped
content also reduces the lower/upper critical fields of the V3-xCoxSi system.
Type-II superconductivity is demonstrated on all V3-xCoxSi samples. With higher
Co-doped content, V3-xCoxSi alloys may have superconducting and structural
phase transitions at low-temperature regions. As the electron/atom (e/a) ratio
increases, the Tc variation trend of V3Si is as pronounced as in crystalline
alloys and monotonically follows the trend observed for amorphous
superconductors.Comment: 20 pages, 7 figure
Superconductivity in the high-entropy ceramics Ti0.2Zr0.2Nb0.2Mo0.2Ta0.2Cx with possible nontrivial band topology
Topological superconductors have drawn significant interest from the
scientific community due to the accompanying Majorana fermions. Here, we report
the discovery of electronic structure and superconductivity in high-entropy
ceramics Ti0.2Zr0.2Nb0.2Mo0.2Ta0.2Cx (x = 1 and 0.8) combined with experiments
and first-principles calculations. The Ti0.2Zr0.2Nb0.2Mo0.2Ta0.2Cx high-entropy
ceramics show bulk type-II superconductivity with Tc about 4.00 K (x = 1) and
2.65 K (x = 0.8), respectively. The specific heat jump is equal to 1.45 (x = 1)
and 1.52 (x = 0.8), close to the expected value of 1.43 for the BCS
superconductor in the weak coupling limit. The high-pressure resistance
measurements show that a robust superconductivity against high physical
pressure in Ti0.2Zr0.2Nb0.2Mo0.2Ta0.2C, with a slight Tc variation of 0.3 K
within 82.5 GPa. Furthermore, the first-principles calculations indicate that
the Dirac-like point exists in the electronic band structures of
Ti0.2Zr0.2Nb0.2Mo0.2Ta0.2C, which is potentially a topological superconductor.
The Dirac-like point is mainly contributed by the d orbitals of transition
metals M and the p orbitals of C. The high-entropy ceramics provide an
excellent platform for the fabrication of novel quantum devices, and our study
may spark significant future physics investigations in this intriguing
material.Comment: 28 pages, 7 figures,The manuscript with the same title will be
published by Advanced Scienc
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CO2-Tolerant Oxygen Permeation Membranes Containing Transition Metals as Sintering Aids with High Oxygen Permeability
Chemical doping of ceramic oxides may provide a possible route for realizing high-efficient oxygen transport membranes. Herein, we present a study of the previously unreported dual-phase mixed-conducting oxygen-permeable membranes with the compositions of 60 wt.% Ce0.85Pr0.1M0.05O2-δ-40 wt.%Pr0.6Sr0.4Fe0.8Al0.2O3-δ (M = Fe, Co, Ni, Cu) (CPM-PSFA) adding sintering aids, which is expected to not only improve the electronic conductivity of fluorite phase, but also reduce the sintering temperature and improve the sintering properties of the membranes. X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) results indicate that the CPM-PSFA contain only the fluorite and perovskite two phases, implying that they are successfully prepared with a modified Pechini method. Backscattered scanning electron microscopy (BSEM) results further confirm that two phases are evenly distributed, and the membranes are very dense after sintering at 1275 °C for 5 h, which is much lower than that (1450 °C, 5 h) of the composite 60 wt.%Ce0.9Pr0.1O2-δ-40 wt.%Pr0.6Sr0.4Fe0.8Al0.2O3-δ (CP-PSFA) without sintering aids. The results of oxygen permeability test demonstrate that the oxygen permeation flux through the CPCu-PSFA and CPCo-PSFA is higher than that of undoped CP-PSFA and can maintain stable oxygen permeability for a long time under pure CO2 operation condition. Our results imply that these composite membranes with high oxygen permeability and stability provide potential candidates for the application in oxygen separation, solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC), and oxy-fuel combustion based on carbon dioxide capture