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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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] 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 …

Engineering current density over 5 kA mm− 2 at 4.2 K, 14 T in thick film REBCO tapes

G Majkic, R Pratap, A Xu, E Galstyan… - Superconductor …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We report on remarkably high in-field performance at 4.2 K achieved in> 4 μm thick rare
earth barium copper oxide (REBCO) samples with Zr addition. Two different samples have …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Optimizing Nanocomposites through Nanocrystal Surface Chemistry: Superconducting YBa2Cu3O7 Thin Films via Low-Fluorine Metal Organic Deposition and …

H Rijckaert, G Pollefeyt, M Sieger… - Chemistry of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Achieving low cost, safe, reproducible, and high performance superconducting thin films of
YBa2Cu3O7− δ is essential to bring this material to the energy market. Here, we report on …