Fabrication of high JcYBa2Cu3O7-δ tapes using the newly developed lanthanum manganate single buffer layers

M. Parans Paranthaman, T. Aytug, S. Kang, R. Feenstra, J. D. Budai, D. K. Christen, P. N. Arendt, L. Stan, J. R. Groves, R. F. DePaula, S. R. Foltyn, T. G. Holesinger

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Abstract

High JcYBa2Cu3O7-δ (YBCO) films have been fabricated on LaMnO3 buffered ion-beam assisted deposition (IBAD) MgO template layers. A LaMnO3 buffer layer is compatible with MgO surfaces and also provides a good template for growing high current density YBCO films. LaMnO3 buffer layers were deposited using rf magnetron sputtering. On LaMnO3-buffered-MgO (100) single crystal substrates, YBCO films with a Jc of over 4 M/cm2 were grown using both pulsed laser deposition (PLD) and ex-situ BaF2 process. Using PLD, Jc of 1.8 MA/cm2 at 77 K was obtained on 200-nm-thick YBCO films grown on LaMnO3-buffered MgO IBAD/Ni-alloy substrates. In addition, an Ic of 230 A/cm-width was obtained for 1.65-μm-thick YBCO films grown on LaMnO3-buffered MgO IBAD/Ni-alloy substrates using PLD at Los Alamos National Laboratory. This performance is comparable to the best single-layer results achieved on IBAD-MgO substrates.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2481-2483
Number of pages3
JournalIEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
Volume13
Issue number2 III
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2003
Event2002 Applied Superconductivity Conference - Houston, TX, United States
Duration: Aug 4 2002Aug 9 2002

Funding

Manuscript August 6, 2001. This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Division of Materials Sciences, Office of Science, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. The work was performed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, managed by U.T.-Battelle, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract DE-AC05-00OR 22725.

FundersFunder number
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Science
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable EnergyDE-AC05-00OR 22725
Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering

    Keywords

    • Buffer layers
    • Coated conductors
    • IBAD-MgO substrates
    • YBCO

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