A study was made of the influence of substitution of up to 50% of yttrium
for cadmium in YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7-δ polycrystals on the mechanism of formation of excess
conductivity. It has been established that such a substitution led to a significant
increase in the resistivity of Y 0,5 Cd 0,5 Ba 2 Cu 3 O 7-δ , and the value of the critical
transition temperature Tc to the superconducting state decreases. The mechanism
of formation of fluctuation conductivity (T) near Tc is considered within the
framework of the Aslamazov-Larkin theory. The Ginzburg temperature, the critical
temperature in the mean field approximation, and the 3D-2D crossover temperature
were determined. It is shown that the doping of YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7-δ with cadmium leads
to an increase in the coherence length along the c axis by a factor of 3.2. An
analysis of the excess conductivity of the Y 0,5 Cd 0,5 Ba 2 Cu 3 O 7-δ sample within the
framework of the local pair model made it possible to determine the temperature
dependences of the pseudogap and its maximum value.