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 …

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 …

[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 …

Development of RE-Ba-Cu-O superconductors in the US for ultra-high field magnets

M Paidpilli, V Selvamanickam - Superconductor Science and …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
High-temperature superconductors (HTSs) make it possible to achieve magnetic fields
beyond the 23.5 T limit of low-temperature superconductors. For higher energy density, high …

Engineering nanocolumnar defect configurations for optimized vortex pinning in high temperature superconducting nanocomposite wires

SH Wee, YL Zuev, C Cantoni, A Goyal - Scientific reports, 2013 - nature.com
We report microstructural design via control of BaZrO3 (BZO) defect density in high
temperature superconducting (HTS) wires based on epitaxial YBa2Cu3O7-δ (YBCO) films to …

Jc improvement by double artificial pinning centers of BaSnO3 nanorods and Y2O3 nanoparticles in YBa2Cu3O7 coated conductors

T Horide, T Kawamura, K Matsumoto… - Superconductor …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Double artificial pinning centers of BaSnO 3 nanorods and Y 2 O 3 nanoparticles were
investigated in YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7 films on textured substrates prepared using ion beam …

High-current, double-sided REBCO tapes by advanced MOCVD

M Paidpilli, JS Sandra, B Sarangi, C Goel… - Superconductor …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
An approach to fabricate double-sided, high-current RE-Ba 2 Cu 3 O 7− δ (REBCO) tapes
for use in ultrahigh-field superconducting magnets operating at and above 20 T is …

Precise Tuning of (YBa2Cu3O7‐δ)1‐x:(BaZrO3)x Thin Film Nanocomposite Structures

R Zhao, W Li, JH Lee, EM Choi, Y Liang… - Advanced Functional …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Self‐assembled nanocomposite films and coatings have huge potential for many functional
and structural applications. However, control and manipulation of the nanostructures is still …

State-of-the-art flux pinning in YBa2Cu3O7− δ by the creation of highly linear, segmented nanorods of Ba2 (Y/Gd)(Nb/Ta) O6 together with nanoparticles of (Y/Gd) 2O3 …

G Ercolano, M Bianchetti, SC Wimbush… - Superconductor …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Self-assembled, segmented nanorods of c-axis-aligned Ba 2 (Y/Gd)(Nb/Ta) O 6 as well as
randomly distributed nanoparticles of (Y/Gd) 2 O 3 and (Y/Gd) Ba 2 Cu 4 O 8 were grown …

Influence of matching field on critical current density and irreversibility temperature in YBa2Cu3O7 films with BaMO3 (M= Zr, Sn, Hf) nanorods

T Horide, K Taguchi, K Matsumoto, N Matsukida… - Applied Physics …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
The influence of the matching field (B Φ) on critical current density (J c) and irreversibility
temperature (T irr) in YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7 films containing BaMO 3 (M= Zr, Sn, Hf) nanorods was …