Processing and application of high-temperature superconducting coated conductors

JL MacManus-Driscoll, SC Wimbush - Nature Reviews Materials, 2021 - nature.com
Coated conductors formed from the high-temperature superconducting (HTS) material
REBCO (REBa2Cu3O7− δ) enable energy-efficient and high-power-density delivery of …

Impact of high growth rates on the microstructure and vortex pinning of high-temperature superconducting coated conductors

T Puig, J Gutierrez, X Obradors - Nature Reviews Physics, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract High-temperature superconducting REBa2Cu3O7 (RE= rare earth or yttrium)
coated conductors have emerged as a new class of materials with exceptional physical …

Metastable structures with composition fluctuation in cuprate superconducting films grown by transient liquid-phase assisted ultra-fast heteroepitaxy

Y Wu, H Wu, Y Zhao, G Jiang, J Shi, C Guo, P Liu… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
Rare earth-barium-copper oxides superconducting tapes are key candidate materials for
high-field magnet applications. The synergetic realization of high-speed growth and high …

Ultra-fast growth of cuprate superconducting films: Dual-phase liquid assisted epitaxy and strong flux pinning

Y Wu, Y Zhao, X Han, G Jiang, J Shi, P Liu… - Materials Today …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cuprate superconductors are key candidate materials toward high energy-efficient devices.
Improving their growth rate and performance under magnetic fields are indispensable for …

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Significantly enhanced critical current density and pinning force in nanostructured,(RE) BCO-based, coated conductor

A Goyal, R Kumar, H Yuan, N Hamada… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
High-temperature superconducting wires have many large-scale, niche applications such as
commercial nuclear fusion as well as numerous other large-scale applications in the electric …

Modulation of vortex pinning by matrix defects in YBa2Cu3O7 nanocomposite film

T Horide, K Higashi, M Ishimaru, T Okada… - Superconductor …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Nanorods are a very effective pinning center in YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7 films, and the vortex pinning
mechanism should be understood to further improve the critical current density (J c) in the …

Superconducting HfO2-YBa2Cu3O7−δ Nanocomposite Films Deposited Using Ink-Jet Printing of Colloidal Solutions

H Rijckaert, P Cayado, R Nast, J Diez Sierra, M Erbe… - Coatings, 2019 - mdpi.com
To reduce the fabrication costs while maximizing the superconducting and pinning
properties of YBa2Cu3O7− δ (YBCO) nanocomposite films, the drop-on-demand ink-jet …

Progress in the study of vortex pinning centers in high-temperature superconducting films

J Zhang, H Wu, G Zhao, L Han, J Zhang - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Since the discovery of high-temperature superconductors (HTSs), significant progress in the
fabrication of HTS films has been achieved. In this review, we intend to provide an overview …

[HTML][HTML] Synergistic strategies for enhancing flux pinning in YBa2Cu3O7-x thin films at high fields and low temperature

F Rizzo, L Piperno, A Augieri, A Meledin… - … and its Applications, 2025 - Elsevier
An unexplored approach for the improvement of the flux pinning of YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7-x (YBCO)
superconducting films grown by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) on SrTiO 3 single-crystals is …

YBa2Cu3O7− x films with Ba2Y (Nb, Ta) O6 nanoinclusions for high-field applications

G Celentano, F Rizzo, A Augieri… - Superconductor …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The structural and transport properties of YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7− x films grown by pulsed laser
deposition with mixed 2.5 mol% Ba 2 YTaO 6 (BYTO) and 2.5 mol% Ba 2 YNbO 6 (BYNO) …