Nanoscaled metal borides and phosphides: recent developments and perspectives

S Carenco, D Portehault, C Boissiere… - Chemical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
The quest for nanoscaling has extended beyond traditional metal oxides (1-4) and metal
(0),(5) as exemplified by the huge development of “quantum dots” chalcogenide …

Enhancement of grain connectivity and critical current density in the ex-situ sintered MgB2 superconductors by doping minor Cu

F Cheng, Z Ma, C Liu, H Li, MSA Hossain… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The influence of Cu addition on the microstructure and superconducting performance of ex-
situ sintered MgB 2 is systemically studied. It is found that the critical current density (J c) of …

Direct Pen Writing of High‐Tc, Flexible Magnesium Diboride Superconducting Arrays

M Xue, D Chen, Y Long, P Wang, L Zhao… - Advanced …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
DOI: 10.1002/adma. 201501352 the carbon in boron lattices increases the impurity
scattering, which raises the upper critical field and thereby the high-field critical density …

Superior critical current density obtained in Mg11B2 low activation superconductor by using reactive amorphous 11B and optimizing sintering temperature

F Cheng, Y Liu, Z Ma, H Li, MS Al Hossain - Journal of Alloys and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The un-doped Mg 11 B 2 and Cu-doped Mg 11 B 2 bulks using 11 B as a boron precursor
were fabricated by solid-state reaction and sintered at different temperature in present work …

Flexible, ultralight, porous superconducting yarns containing shell‐core magnesium diboride–carbon nanotube nanofibers

JS Bykova, MD Lima, CS Haines, D Tolly… - Advanced …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
DOI: 10.1002/adma. 201402794 to or even better than commercially used superconductors,
MgB 2 also has a simple crystalline structure, low density and can be synthesized from …

Essential factors that can tremendously influence the grain connectivity of ex-situ sintered MgB2 superconductor

F Cheng, N Liu, Z Ma, H Ge, Y Liu, P Si, C Pu - … C: Superconductivity and its …, 2023 - Elsevier
Extending the holding time and slightly excessive Mg addition and Mg-Cu co-addition are
introduced to the MgB 2 superconductors prepared by ex-situ sintering method aiming to …

[HTML][HTML] Improved Superconducting properties in the Mg11B2 low activation superconductor prepared by low-temperature sintering

F Cheng, Y Liu, Z Ma, M Shahriar Al Hossain… - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
Mg11B2 has a great application prospect in the superconducting coils for fusion reactor as
the “low activation superconductors”. The un-doped Mg11B2 and Cu-doped Mg11B2 bulks …

Effects of morphology of Mg powder precursor on phase formation and superconducting properties of Mg 11 B 2 low activation superconductor

F Cheng, Z Ma, L Yu, C Li, C Liu, Q Guo, H Li… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The effect of morphology with magnesium (Mg) powder on phase formation and critical
current density (Jc,) of sintered Mg11B2 bulk was studied. As a precursor for the formation of …

Chemical synthesis of superconducting MgB2 nanopowder

NP Bansal, JC Goldsby, RB Rogers, MA Susner… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Superconducting MgB 2 nanopowder has been synthesized through chemical reaction
between lithium borohydride and magnesium hydride at relatively low temperatures. From …

Low‐Temperature Synthesis of Superconducting Nanocrystalline MgB2

J Lu, Z Xiao, Q Lin, H Claus… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Magnesium diboride (MgB2) is considered a promising material for practical application in
superconducting devices, with a transition temperature near 40 K. In the present paper …