Materials design for artificial pinning centres in superconductor PLD coated conductors

JPF Feighan, A Kursumovic… - Superconductor …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
To date the strategy for inducing pinning in REBa 2 Cu 3 O 7− x (REBCO where RE= rare-
earth) coated conductors has largely been empirical. Hence, we are not yet at a point where …

Superconductive REBCO Thin Films and Their Nanocomposites: The Role of Rare-Earth Oxides in Promoting Sustainable Energy

AK Jha, K Matsumoto - Frontiers in Physics, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The lossless transmission of direct electrical currents in superconductors is very often
regarded as an “energy superhighway” with greatly enhanced efficiency. With the discovery …

[HTML][HTML] High critical currents in heavily doped (Gd, Y) Ba2Cu3Ox superconductor tapes

V Selvamanickam, MH Gharahcheshmeh, A Xu… - Applied Physics …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
REBa 2 Cu 3 O x ((REBCO), RE= rare earth) superconductor tapes with moderate levels of
dopants have been optimized for high critical current density in low magnetic fields at 77 K …

Large pinning forces and matching effects in YBa2Cu3O7-δ thin films with Ba2Y(Nb/Ta)O6 nano-precipitates

L Opherden, M Sieger, P Pahlke, R Hühne, L Schultz… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
The addition of mixed double perovskite Ba2Y (Nb/Ta) O6 (BYNTO) to YBa2Cu3O7− δ
(YBCO) thin films leads to a large improvement of the in-field current carrying capability. For …

Tuning nanoparticle size for enhanced functionality in perovskite thin films deposited by metal organic deposition

M Miura, B Maiorov, M Sato, M Kanai, T Kato… - NPG Asia …, 2017 - nature.com
Because of pressing global environmental challenges, focus has been placed on materials
for efficient energy use, and this has triggered the search for nanostructural modification …

Structural Evolution Induced by Interfacial Lattice Mismatch in Self-Organized YBa2Cu3O7−δ Nanocomposite Film

T Horide, F Kametani, S Yoshioka, T Kitamura… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Intriguing properties of self-organized nanocomposites of perovskite oxides are usually
derived from the complex interface of constituent material phases. A sophisticated control of …

Interactive modeling-synthesis-characterization approach towards controllable in situ self-assembly of artificial pinning centers in RE-123 films

J Wu, J Shi - Superconductor Science and Technology, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Raising critical current density J c in high temperature superconductors (HTSs) is an
important strategy towards performance-cost balanced HTS technology for …

In-field critical current performance of 4.0 μm thick film REBCO conductor with Hf addition at 4.2 K and fields up to 31.2 T

G Majkic, R Pratap, M Paidpilli… - Superconductor …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We present results on the in-field critical current (I c) performance of 4.0 μm thick REBCO
film with 15% Hf addition with fields up to 31.2 T and field orientations in the B║ ab plane …

Enhancing magnetic pinning by BaZrO3 nanorods forming coherent interface by strain-directed Ca-doping in YBa2Cu3O7− x nanocomposite films

V Ogunjimi, MA Sebastian, D Zhang… - Superconductor …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract BaZrO 3 (BZO) one-dimensional artificial pinning centers (1D-APCs) aligned along
the c-axis of the YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7 (YBCO) have been adopted to enhance the magnetic vortex …

Defining optimal thickness for maximal self-field in YBCO/CeO2 multilayers grown on buffered metal

A Tuomola, E Rivasto, MM Aye, Y Zhao… - Journal of Physics …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The effect of multilayering YBa 2 Cu 3 O $ _ {6+ x} $(YBCO) thin films with sequentially
deposited CeO 2 layers between YBCO layers grown on buffered metallic template is …