Alternative buffer architectures for high critical current density YBCO superconducting deposits on rolling assisted biaxially-textured substrates

  • Dominic F. Lee
  • , Mariappan Paranthaman
  • , John E. Mathis
  • , Amit Goyal
  • , Donald M. Kroeger
  • , Eliot D. Specht
  • , Robert K. Williams
  • , Frederick A. List
  • , Patrick M. Martin
  • , Chan Park
  • , David P. Norton
  • , David K. Christen

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Abstract

Although high critical current density (Jc) YBCO can be deposited on rolling assisted biaxially-textured substrates (RA-BITS) with the YSZ/CeO2/Ni architecture, improvement in uniformity is needed due to the presence of two-component YBCO epitaxy and cracking in the CeO2 buffer. We have determined that Yb2O3 is an excellent buffer material that provides a single-component YBCO epitaxy. In addition, crack-free epitaxial Y2O3 can be consistently deposited onto textured Ni substrates. High quality YBCO films have been deposited, and Jc as high as 1.8×106 A/cm2 at 77 K has been obtained on this Yb2O3/Y2O3/Ni alternative RABiTS architecture.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)L178-L180
JournalJapanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 2: Letters
Volume38
Issue number2 B
DOIs
StatePublished - 1999

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