Strengthened, biaxially textured Ni substrate with small alloying additions for coated conductor applications

A. Goyal, R. Feenstra, M. Paranthaman, J. R. Thompson, B. Y. Kang, C. Cantoni, D. F. Lee, F. A. List, P. M. Martin, E. Lara-Curzio, C. Stevens, D. M. Kroeger, M. Kowalewski, E. D. Specht, T. Aytug, S. Sathyamurthy, R. K. Williams, R. E. Ericson

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Abstract

Fabrication of a biaxially textured, strengthened Ni substrate with small alloying additions of W and Fe is reported. The substrates have significantly improved mechanical properties compared to 99.99% Ni and surface characteristics which are similar to that of 99.99% Ni substrates. High quality oxide buffer layers can be deposited on these substrates without the need for any additional surface modification steps. Grain boundary misorientation distributions obtained from the substrate show a predominant fraction of low-angle grain boundaries. A high critical current density, Jc, of 1.9 MA/cm2 at 77 K, self-field is demonstrated on this substrate using a multilayer configuration of YBCO/CeO2/YSZ/Y2O3/Ni-3at.%W-1.7at.%Fe. This translates to a Ic/width of 59 A/cm at 77 K and self-field. Jc at 0.5 T is reduced by only 21% indicating strongly-linked grain boundaries in the YBCO film on this substrate.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)251-262
Number of pages12
JournalPhysica C: Superconductivity and its Applications
Volume382
Issue number2-3
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 1 2002

Funding

Research sponsored by the US Department of Energy under contract no. DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, managed by UT-Battelle, LLC.

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