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Effect of Na content and hydration on the excitation spectrum of the cobaltite NaxCoO2·yH2O

  • P. Lemmens
  • , V. Gnezdilov
  • , N. N. Kovaleva
  • , K. Y. Choi
  • , H. Sakurai
  • , E. Takayama-Muromachi
  • , K. Takada
  • , T. Sasaki
  • , F. C. Chou
  • , D. P. Chen
  • , C. T. Lin
  • , B. Keimer
  • Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
  • NASU - B. Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering
  • RWTH Aachen University
  • National Institute for Materials Science Tsukuba
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Abstract

We report on a Raman scattering study of the superconducting cobaltite NaxCoO2·yH2O as function of Na content and hydration (x ≈ 1/3, 3/4 and y ≈ 0, 2/3, 4/3). The observed scattering intensity is analysed in terms of lattice strain, structural misfit and disorder. Hydration, due to the intercalation of one or two H2O layers, releases a part of this strain. Our Raman data suggest a connection between disorder on the partly occupied Na sites and the narrow phase space of superconductivity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)S857-S865
JournalJournal of Physics Condensed Matter
Volume16
Issue number11 SPEC. ISS.
DOIs
StatePublished - 24 Mar 2004
Externally publishedYes

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