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 …

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 …

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 …

Enhancing magnetic pinning by BaZrO3 nanorods forming coherent interface by strain-directed Ca-doping in YBa2Cu3O7− x nanocomposite films

V Ogunjimi, MA Sebastian, D Zhang… - Superconductor …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract BaZrO 3 (BZO) one-dimensional artificial pinning centers (1D-APCs) aligned along
the c-axis of the YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7 (YBCO) have been adopted to enhance the magnetic vortex …

Progress in the study of vortex pinning centers in high-temperature superconducting films

J Zhang, H Wu, G Zhao, L Han, J Zhang - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Since the discovery of high-temperature superconductors (HTSs), significant progress in the
fabrication of HTS films has been achieved. In this review, we intend to provide an overview …

Isotropic enhancement in the critical current density of YBCO thin films incorporating nanoscale Y2BaCuO5 inclusions

AK Jha, K Matsumoto, T Horide, S Saini… - Journal of Applied …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
The effect of incorporation of nanoscale Y 2 BaCuO 5 (Y211) inclusions on the vortex
pinning properties of YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7-δ (YBCO or Y123) superconducting thin films is …

[HTML][HTML] Probing the effect of interface on vortex pinning efficiency of one-dimensional BaZrO3 and BaHfO3 artificial pinning centers in YBa2Cu3O7-x thin films

B Gautam, MA Sebastian, S Chen, S Misra… - Applied Physics …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
C-axis-aligned one-dimensional artificial pinning centers (1D-APCs) provide strong
correlated pinning of magnetic vortices and enhance critical current density J c in …

Microscopic adaptation of BaHfO3 and Y2O3 artificial pinning centers for strong and isotropic pinning landscape in YBa2Cu3O7–x thin films

B Gautam, MA Sebastian, S Chen… - Superconductor …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
A study of 3 vol% Y 2 O 3+ 2–6 vol% BaHfO 3 double-doped YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7–x (BHO DD)
epitaxial thin films was carried out to explore the morphology adaption of c-axis aligned one …

Multilayer YBa2Cu3O7-x/Ca0.3Y0.7Ba2Cu3O7-x Nanocomposite Films With 2–8% BaZrO3 Doping for High-Field Applications

M Panth, MA Sebastian, D Zhang… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
High-field applications require high concentrations of strong pinning centers. In this article,
BaZrO 3 doped YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7 (BZO/YBCO) nanocomposite films with BZO doping up to 8 …