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Title: Enhanced self-field critical current density of nano-composite YBa(2)Cu(3)O(7) thin films grown by pulsed-laser deposition
Authors: Siraj, K
Pedarnig, JD
Moser, A
Bäuerle, D
Hari Babu, N
Cardwell, DA
Issue Date: 2008
Publisher: IOP Publishing
Citation: Europhysics Letters, 82(5): Article no. 57006, 2008
Abstract: Enhanced self-field critical current density Jc of novel, high-temperature superconducting thin films is reported. Layers are deposited on (001) MgO substrates by laser ablation of YBa2Cu3O7−δ(Y-123) ceramics containing Y2Ba4CuMOx (M-2411, M=Ag, Nb, Ru, Zr) nano-particles. The Jc of films depends on the secondary-phase content of the ceramic targets, which was varied between 0 and 15 mol%. Composite layers (2 mol% of Ag-2411 and Nb-2411) exhibit Jc values at 77 K of up to 5.1 MA/cm2, which is 3 to 4 times higher than those observed in films deposited from phase pure Y-123 ceramics. Nb-2411 grows epitaxially in the composite layers and the estimated crystallite size is ~10 nm.
Description: This is the author's accepted manuscript. The final published article is available from the link below. Copyright @ EPLA, 2008.
URI: http://iopscience.iop.org/0295-5075/82/5/57006/
http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/9000
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/82/57006
ISSN: 0295-5075
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Dept of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Research Papers

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