Enhanced flux pinning in MOD-YBCO films with co-doping of BaCeO3 and Y2O3 nanoparitcles

Fa Zhu Ding*, Hong Wei Gu, Teng Zhang, Hong Yan Wang, Fei Qu, Xing Yu Peng, Wei Wei Zhou

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Abstract

Enhancing the critical-current density of YBCO films is essential to gain a deeper understanding of the vortex pinning mechanisms and enable commercial applications of high-temperature superconductivity. Combined BaCeO3 and Y2O3 nanoparticles have been achieved to be co-doped in YBa2Cu3O7-x (YBCO) films by metalorganic deposition using trifluoroacetates (TFA-MOD). The formation of integrated nanoparticles increases the critical current density (Jc) of Y2O3/BaCeO3 doped-YBCO films while keeping the critical transition temperature (Tc) close to that in the pure YBCO films. YBCO film containing BaCeO3 and Y2O3 showed Tc value of 91 K and Jc value of 5 MA/cm2 at self-field (0 T, 77 K). The strongly enhanced flux pinning over a wide range of magnetic field may be attributed to the combined BaCeO3 and Y2O3 created by optimized TFA-MOD conditions.

Original languageEnglish
Article number137401
JournalWuli Xuebao/Acta Physica Sinica
Volume62
Issue number13
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Jul 2013
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • BaCeO/YO doping
  • Flux pinning
  • TFA-MOD
  • YBCO films

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