Superconductivity in the U-Y-Ba-Cu-O system

High Tc superconductivity has been observed in a new U-Y-Ba-Cu-O system at ambient pressure. The zero-resistance temperature in the sample with nominal composition of U0.1Y1.1Ba0.8CuO4−δ is 87K with a width of 2K. X-ray diffraction analysis shows that none of the peaks could be fitted to the uranium oxides and the other raw material structure, and its pattern might be attributed to new multiple phases with structure different from the known single-phase superconducting oxides.