Processing and application of high-temperature superconducting coated conductors

JL MacManus-Driscoll, SC Wimbush - Nature Reviews Materials, 2021 - nature.com
Coated conductors formed from the high-temperature superconducting (HTS) material
REBCO (REBa2Cu3O7− δ) enable energy-efficient and high-power-density delivery of …

Vortices in high-performance high-temperature superconductors

WK Kwok, U Welp, A Glatz, AE Koshelev… - Reports on Progress …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The behavior of vortex matter in high-temperature superconductors (HTS) controls the entire
electromagnetic response of the material, including its current carrying capacity. Here, we …

Impact of high growth rates on the microstructure and vortex pinning of high-temperature superconducting coated conductors

T Puig, J Gutierrez, X Obradors - Nature Reviews Physics, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract High-temperature superconducting REBa2Cu3O7 (RE= rare earth or yttrium)
coated conductors have emerged as a new class of materials with exceptional physical …

[HTML][HTML] Strongly enhanced vortex pinning from 4 to 77 K in magnetic fields up to 31 T in 15 mol.% Zr-added (Gd, Y)-Ba-Cu-O superconducting tapes

A Xu, L Delgado, N Khatri, Y Liu, V Selvamanickam… - Apl Materials, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
Applications of REBCO coated conductors are now being developed for a very wide range
of temperatures and magnetic fields and it is not yet clear whether vortex pinning strategies …

Challenges and transformative opportunities in superconductor vortex physics

S Eley, A Glatz, R Willa - Journal of Applied Physics, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
In superconductors, the motion of vortices introduces unwanted dissipation that is disruptive
to applications. Fortunately, material defects can immobilize vortices, acting as vortex …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid doubling of the critical current of YBa2Cu3O7− δ coated conductors for viable high-speed industrial processing

M Leroux, KJ Kihlstrom, S Holleis, MW Rupich… - Applied Physics …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrate that 3.5-MeV oxygen irradiation can markedly enhance the in-field critical
current of commercial second generation superconducting tapes with an exposure time of …

A route for a strong increase of critical current in nanostrained iron-based superconductors

T Ozaki, L Wu, C Zhang, J Jaroszynski, W Si… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
The critical temperature T c and the critical current density J c determine the limits to large-
scale superconductor applications. Superconductivity emerges at T c. The practical current …

Disorder raises the critical temperature of a cuprate superconductor

M Leroux, V Mishra, JPC Ruff… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
With the discovery of charge-density waves (CDWs) in most members of the cuprate high-
temperature superconductors, the interplay between superconductivity and CDWs has …

Strong-pinning regimes by spherical inclusions in anisotropic type-II superconductors

R Willa, AE Koshelev, IA Sadovskyy… - … Science and Technology, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The current-carrying capacity of type-II superconductors is decisively determined by how
well material defect structures can immobilize vortex lines. In order to gain deeper insights …

Engineered pinning landscapes for enhanced 2G coil wire

MW Rupich, S Sathyamurthy, S Fleshler… - IEEE Transactions …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We demonstrate a twofold increase in the in-field critical current of AMSC's standard 2G coil
wire by irradiation with 18-MeV Au ions. The optimum pinning enhancement is achieved …