Abstract
Short segments of YBa2Cu3O7-y (YBCO) coated conductors were fabricated on rolling-assisted biaxially textured substrates (RABiTS) with a layer sequence of CeO2/YSZ/Ni using an ex situ BaF2 precursor process. Pulsed laser deposition (PLD) was used to deposit both YSZ and CeO2 layers. The YBCO films were grown using e-beam coevaporated Y-BaF2-Cu precursors followed by postannealing. An overall engineering current density, JE, of 28,000 A/cm2 and critical current, Ic, of 147 A/cm width at 77 K were achieved for a 1.6-μm-thick YBCO film. This result demonstrates the possibility of using both the ex situ BaF2 precursor approach and the RABiTS process for producing long lengths of high-JE coated conductors.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2647-2652 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Journal of Materials Research |
Volume | 15 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2000 |
Funding
Thanks are due to Ron Feenstra for initial help with the precursor deposition. The research was sponsored by the United States Department of Energy in part through a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with 3M Company, sponsored by the Laboratory Technology Research Program, Division of Materials Sciences, Office of Science, and Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Office of Power Technologies-Superconductivity Program. The research was performed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, managed by Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corporation for the United States Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC05-96OR22464.