The specific heat of a melted-textured-growth (MTG)
YBa2Cu2.99Li0.01Ox
crystal has been measured from 1.8 to 30 K in different fields up to 9 T parallel to the
c-axis by the thermal relaxation technique. The defects induced by Li-doping and the paramagnetic
centres have a strong effect on the low-temperature specific heat. The electronic specific heat
Ce(T,H)/T at lower
temperatures (T<5 K) follows αT
at 0 T and AH1/2
in the magnetic field, and can be scaled on a line,
Ce(T,H)/TH1/2 = F(T/H1/2). These results are consistent with that of the d-wave superconductor
predicted theoretically by Volovik, indicating that a Li-doped
MTG-YBa2Cu2.99Li0.01Ox
crystal should be a d-wave superconductor.