High-Tc superconducting materials for electric power applications

D Larbalestier, A Gurevich, DM Feldmann, A Polyanskii - Nature, 2001‏ - nature.com
Large-scale superconducting electric devices for power industry depend critically on wires
with high critical current densities at temperatures where cryogenic losses are tolerable. This …

Grain boundaries in high- superconductors

H Hilgenkamp, J Mannhart - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2002‏ - APS
Since the first days of high-T c superconductivity, the materials science and the physics of
grain boundaries in superconducting compounds have developed into fascinating fields of …

Thin films of fullerene-like MoS2 nanoparticles with ultra-low friction and wear

M Chhowalla, GAJ Amaratunga - nature, 2000‏ - nature.com
The tribological properties of solid lubricants such as graphite and the metal
dichalcogenides MX2 (where M is molybdenum or tungsten and X is sulphur or …

Atomic-scale origin of the large grain-boundary resistance in perovskite Li-ion-conducting solid electrolytes

C Ma, K Chen, C Liang, CW Nan, R Ishikawa… - Energy & …, 2014‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Li-ion-conducting solid electrolytes are the potential solution to the severe safety issues that
occur with conventional batteries based on solvent-based electrolytes. The ionic conductivity …

Magneto-optical studies ofcurrent distributions in high-Tc superconductors

C Jooss, J Albrecht, H Kuhn, S Leonhardt… - Reports on progress …, 2002‏ - iopscience.iop.org
In the past few years magneto-optical flux imaging (MOI) has come to take an increasing role
in the investigation and understanding of critical current densities in high-T c …

Enhanced supercurrent density in polycrystalline YBa2Cu3O7-δ at 77 K from calcium do** of grain boundaries

G Hammerl, A Schmehl, RR Schulz, B Götz… - Nature, 2000‏ - nature.com
With the discovery of high-temperature superconductivity, it seemed that the vision of
superconducting power cables operating at the boiling point of liquid nitrogen (77 K) was …

Enhanced current transport at grain boundaries in high-Tc superconductors

RF Klie, JP Buban, M Varela, A Franceschetti, C Jooss… - Nature, 2005‏ - nature.com
Large-scale applications of high-transition-temperature (high-T c) superconductors, such as
their use in superconducting cables, are impeded by the fact that polycrystalline materials …

Application potential of Fe-based superconductors

I Pallecchi, M Eisterer, A Malagoli… - … Science and Technology, 2015‏ - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper we report basic properties of iron-based superconductors and review the latest
achievements in the fabrication of conductors based on these materials. We compare state …

Weak links in high critical temperature superconductors

F Tafuri, JR Kirtley - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2005‏ - iopscience.iop.org
The traditional distinction between tunnel and highly transmissive barriers does not currently
hold for high critical temperature superconducting Josephson junctions, both because of …

Enhanced critical current density in heterostructural YBCO/Ca-doped YBCO multilayers

MM Aye, E Rivasto, H Huhtinen… - Crystal Growth & Design, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
We conducted experiments involving BZO-added YBCO/Ca-doped YBCO heterostructures
with varying layer numbers to investigate the role of Ca do** and the mechanism behind …