Abstract
We have grown epitaxial CeO2 buffer layers on biaxially textured Ni-W substrates for YBCO coated conductors using a newly developed metal organic decomposition (MOD) approach. Precursor solution of 0.25 M concentration was spin coated on short samples of Ni-3 at %W (Ni-W) substrates and heat-treated at 1100°C in a gas mixture of Ar-4%H2 for 15 min. Detailed x-ray studies indicate that CeO2 films have good out-of-plane and in-plane textures with full-width-half-maximum values of 5.8° and 7.5°, respectively. High temperature in situ XRD studies show that the nucleation of CeO2 films starts at 600°C and the growth completes within 5 min when heated at 1100°C. SEM and AFM investigations of CeO2 films reveal a fairly dense microstructure without cracks and porosity. Highly textured YSZ barrier layers and CeO2 cap layers were deposited on MOD CeO2-buffered Ni-W substrates using rf-magnetron sputtering. Pulsed laser deposition (PLD) was used to grow YBCO films on these substrates. A critical current, Jc, of about 1.5 MA cm-2 at 77 K and self-field was obtained on YBCO (PLD)/CeO2 (sputtered)/YSZ (sputtered)/CeO2 (spin-coated)/Ni-W.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1305-1309 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Superconductor Science and Technology |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 2003 |