Enhanced flux pinning by BaZrO3 and (Gd,Y)2 O 3 nanostructures in metal organic chemical vapor deposited GdYBCO high tempe rature superconductor tapes

Yimin Chen; Venkat Selvamanickam; Yifei Zhang; Yuri Zuev; Claudia Cantoni; Eliot Specht; M. Parans Paranthaman; Tolga Aytug; Amit Goyal; Dominic Lee

doi:10.1063/1.3082037

Enhanced flux pinning by BaZrO₃ and (Gd,Y)₂ O ₃ nanostructures in metal organic chemical vapor deposited GdYBCO high tempe rature superconductor tapes

Yimin Chen, Venkat Selvamanickam, Yifei Zhang, Yuri Zuev, Claudia Cantoni, Eliot Specht, M. Parans Paranthaman, Tolga Aytug, Amit Goyal, Dominic Lee

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Abstract

We have formed BaZrO₃ nanocolumns and (Gd,Y)₂ O ₃ nanoprecipitates in reel-to-reel metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) processed (Gd,Y) Ba₂Cu₃O_7-x coated conductors and increased the critical currents (Ic) of the conductors in applied magnetic fields to remarkable levels. A (Gd,Y) Ba₂Cu ₃O_7-x tape of 1 m in length with 6.5% Zr-additions and 30% composition rich in both Gd and Y showed Ic values of 813 A/cm width at (self-field, 77 K) and above 186 A/cm width at (1 T, 77 K). The strongly enhanced flux pinning over a wide range of magnetic field orientations can be attributed to the bidirectionally aligned defect structures of BaZrO₃ and (Gd,Y)₂ O₃ created by optimized MOCVD conditions.

Original language	English
Article number	062513
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	94
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3082037
State	Published - 2009

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This work was partially supported by U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability–Superconductivity Program.

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Enhanced flux pinning by BaZrO₃ and (Gd,Y)₂ O ₃ nanostructures in metal organic chemical vapor deposited GdYBCO high tempe rature superconductor tapes

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