Intralayer Carbon Substitution in the MgB2 Superconductor

Abstract

We report that the ternary MgB2-xCx compounds adopt an isostructural AlB2-type hexagonal structure in a relatively small range of nominal carbon concentration, x<0.1. The lattice parameter a decreases almost linearly with increasing carbon content x, while the c parameter remains unchanged, indicating that carbon is exclusively substituted in the boron honeycomb layer without affecting the interlayer interactions. The superconducting transition temperature Tc, determined by magnetometry experiments, also decreases quasilinearly as a function of the carbon concentration. The structural and electronic behavior of MgB2-xCx displays a remarkable similarity with the isoelectronic Mg1-xAlxB2 despite the different substitution sites.

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