• Title of article

    Chemical instability of the cobalt oxyhydrate superconductor under ambient conditions

  • Author/Authors

    Foo، نويسنده , , M.L. and Schaak، نويسنده , , R.E. and Miller، نويسنده , , V.L. and Klimczuk، نويسنده , , T. and Rogado، نويسنده , , N.S. and Wang، نويسنده , , Y. and Lau، نويسنده , , G.C. and Craley، نويسنده , , C. and Zandbergen، نويسنده , , H.W. and Ong، نويسنده , , N.P. and Cava، نويسنده , , R.J.، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2003
  • Pages
    5
  • From page
    33
  • To page
    37
  • Abstract
    The layered sodium cobalt oxyhydrate superconductor Na0.3CoO2·1.4H2O is shown through X-ray diffraction and thermogravimetric studies to be one of the series of hydrated phases of Na0.3CoO2. Further, it is shown that the material is exceptionally sensitive to both temperature and humidity near ambient conditions, easily dehydrating to a non-superconducting lower hydrate. The observation of this stable lower hydrate with c=13.8 Å implies that the superconductivity turns on in this system between CoO2 layer spacings of 6.9 and 9.9 Å at nominally constant chemical doping.
  • Keywords
    A. Superconductivity , C. X-ray diffraction , E. Thermogravimetric analysis
  • Journal title
    Solid State Communications
  • Serial Year
    2003
  • Journal title
    Solid State Communications
  • Record number

    1788101