Growth, nanostructure and vortex pinning in superconducting YBa2Cu3O7 thin films based on trifluoroacetate solutions

X Obradors, T Puig, S Ricart, M Coll… - Superconductor …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Chemical solution deposition (CSD) is a very competitive technique to obtain epitaxial films
and multilayers of high quality with controlled nanostructures. Based on the strong …

Coated conductors for power applications: materials challenges

X Obradors, T Puig - Superconductor Science and Technology, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
This manuscript reports on the recent progress and the remaining materials challenges in
the development of coated conductors (CCs) for power applications and magnets, with a …

Strong isotropic flux pinning in solution-derived YBa2Cu3O7−x nanocomposite superconductor films

J Gutiérrez, A Llordes, J Gazquez, M Gibert, N Roma… - Nature materials, 2007 - nature.com
Power applications of superconductors will be tremendously boosted if an effective method
for magnetic flux immobilization is discovered. Here, we report the most efficient vortex …

Growth of thick YBa2Cu3O7 layers via a barium fluoride process

V Solovyov, IK Dimitrov, Q Li - Superconductor Science and …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
The ex situ process has emerged as a popular technology for growing epitaxial YBa 2 Cu 3
O 7 (YBCO) for the second generation of coated conductors. The process combines low …

Vortex pinning in chemical solution nanostructured YBCO films

T Puig, J Gutiérrez, A Pomar, A Llordés… - Superconductor …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
A methodology of general validity to study vortex pinning in YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7− δ (YBCO) is
described. It is based on measuring the angular-dependent critical current density in a large …

Nanodiamond influence on the nucleation and growth of YBCO superconducting film deposited by metal–organic decomposition

V Pinto, A Vannozzi, G Celentano… - Crystal Growth & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
It was recently shown that the introduction of nanodiamond (ND) into a superconducting
metal–organic deposited YBa2Cu3O7− δ (YBCO) film produces an increase in critical …

Evolution of Metal-Trifluoroacetate Precursors in the Thermal Decomposition toward High-Performance YBa2Cu3O7 Superconducting Films

A Llordes, K Zalamova, S Ricart, A Palau… - Chemistry of …, 2010 - ACS Publications
A thorough analytical study on the thermal decomposition evolution of the metal-
trifluoroacetate precursor toward high-performance YBa2Cu3O7 superconducting films is …

Epitaxial YBa2Cu3O7− x nanocomposite thin films from colloidal solutions

P Cayado, K De Keukeleere, A Garzón… - Superconductor …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
A methodology of general validity to prepare epitaxial nanocomposite films based on the
use of colloidal solutions containing different crystalline preformed oxide nanoparticles (ex …

Solution design for low-fluorine trifluoroacetate route to YBa2Cu3O7 films

X Palmer, C Pop, H Eloussifi, B Villarejo… - Superconductor …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
We present our work in the preparation of metallorganic precursor solutions with reduced
fluorine content, able to fulfil the requirements for high-performance superconducting YBCO …

Microstructure, pinning properties, and aging of CSD-grown SmBa2Cu3O7− δ films with and without BaHfO3 nanoparticles

J Hänisch, K Iida, P Cayado, M Erbe… - Superconductor …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
In order to improve the electrical transport properties of REBa 2 Cu 3 O 7− δ nanocomposite
films, SmBa 2 Cu 3 O 7− δ films with and without BaHfO 3 nanoparticles were grown by …