Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism, vol.26, no.5, pp.1525-1529, 2013 (SCI-Expanded)
In this paper, we report the doping effects of succinic acid, C4H6O4 (from 0 to 30 wt%) on the lattice parameter, critical temperature (Tc), critical current density (Jc), upper critical field (Hc2), and irreversibility field (Hirr) in MgB2 superconductor. It was found that MgB2 doped with 10 wt% C4H6O4 and sintered at 900 °C exhibited excellent Jc above 104 Acm−2 at 5 K and 8 T. Impurity scattering due to C substitution, improved crystallinity and the least amount of MgO in 10 wt% doped sample improves Jc very significantly. The MgO amount is rapidly increased in 20 and 30 wt% doped samples which causes a strong depression of Jc, Hc2, Hirr due to poor inter and intra-grain connectivity.