Superconducting flux pumps enable large currents to be injected into a superconducting
circuit, without the requirement for thermally conducting current leads which bridge between …

Superconducting high-T c coated conductor (CC) wires comprise a ceramic thin film with a
large aspect ratio. This geometry can lead to significant dissipative losses when exposed to …

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 …

Critical current performances of state-of-the-art Zr-added (Gd, Y) BaCuO tapes have been
investigated over a temperature range of 20–77 K, in magnetic fields up to 9 T and over a …

The ability of superconductors to sustain persistent currents has been well exploited with
(RE) BCO superconducting bulks, which can be magnetized to form a compact source of …

Second-generation (2G) HTS wires are now being produced routinely in kilometer lengths
using Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) process with critical currents of …

Normal-incidence irradiation by 100 MeV Ag ions is used to improve flux pinning in
previously optimised commercial REBCO tapes from the American Superconductor …

We present a broad study by multiple techniques of the critical current and critical current
density of a small but representative set of nominally identical commercial RE123 (REBa 2 …

A simple, cost-effective method involving top-down mechanical scribing, oxidation and
bottom-up electroplating has been successfully developed to fabricate fully filamentized HTS …

Non-uniformity of superconductor properties, eg a critical current reduction close to the edge
of a coated conductor (CC) tape could degrade its performance in some power applications …