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 …

Enhancing pinning ability by the addition of potassium niobate nanorods in YBCO superconductor

G Kumar, M Dahiya, N Khare - Physica Scripta, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
In the current study, we have investigated the effect of adding potassium niobate (KNbO 3)
nanorods (NRs) in YBCO superconductor to improve flux pinning properties. The KNbO 3 …

Generating mixed morphology BaZrO3 artificial pinning centers for strong and isotropic pinning in BaZrO3–Y2O3 double-doped YBCO thin films

S Chen, MA Sebastian, B Gautam, J Wilt… - Superconductor …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
High concentration artificial pinning centers (APCs), such as BaZrO 3 nanorods (BZO 1D
APCs) aligned along the c-axis of the high temperature superconductor YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7 …

Enhanced flux pinning properties of NaNbO3 nanorods added YBCO composite superconductor

M Dahiya, R Kumar, D Kumar, D Kumar… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, sodium niobate (NaNbO 3) nanorods (NR)–YBCO superconductor composites
with different wt%(0–2%) of NaNbO 3 were prepared via a two-step process of hydrothermal …

Flux pinning characteristics of YBCO: NaNbO3 by introducing artificial pinning centers with different morphology

M Dahiya, R Kumar, D Kumar, AK Jha, N Khare - Ceramics International, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction of artificial pinning centres in different morphology is a beneficial way to improve
the flux pinning properties of a YBCO compound. In the present study, we report the effect of …

Pinning efficiency of artificial pinning centers in superconductor nanocomposite films

J Wu, B Gautam, V Ogunjimi - Superconductivity: From Materials Science …, 2020 - Springer
Nanoscale c-axis aligned one-dimensional artificial pinning centers (1D APCs) can provide
strong correlated pinning and therefore reduce the magnetic field (H) orientation …

Pinning-Engineered YBa2Cu3Ox Thin Films

P Mele, A Crisan, MI Adam - Vortices and nanostructured superconductors, 2017 - Springer
This chapter gives an overview on the pure and applied research performed on YBCO
added with artificial pinning centers (APCs) over the past ten years. Several categories of …

Fabrication of (Nd0.33Eu0.33Gd0.33)Ba2Cu3Oy Superconducting Thin Films by Pulsed Laser Ablation of Melt-Textured Targets

SJ Singh, M Miryala, P Mele - Surfaces and Interfaces of Metal Oxide Thin …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The melt-textured (Nd 0.33 Eu 0.33 Gd 0.33) Ba 2 Cu 3 O y (NEG-123)+ Gd 2
BaCuO 5 (Gd-211) is one of the best existing materials amongst bulk oxides …

Fabrication Superconducting of (Nd Thin 0.33 Eu Films 0.33 Gd by 0.33

SJ Singh, M Miryala, P Mele - … and Interfaces of Metal Oxide Thin …, 2021 - books.google.com
In order to be suitable for practical applications (frictionless transportation, winding of
magnets, etc.), superconducting materials should possess not only a high transition …