Strong enhancement flux pinning in MOD-YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7-x films with self-assembled BaTiO 3 nanocolumns

Fazhu Ding*, Hongwei Gu, Teng Zhang, Hongyan Wang, Fei Qu, Qingquan Qiu, Shaotao Dai, Xingyu Peng, Jiang Li Cao

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Abstract

YBCO thin films with BaTiO 3 nanocolumns were fabricated on (0 0 l) oriented LaAlO 3 substrates by metal-organic deposition (MOD). High critical current density (J c ) up to 10 MA/cm 2 has been observed on these self-assembled BaTiO 3 nanocolumns doped YBCO films at 77 K and self-field. These BaTiO 3 nanocolumns had no preferential orientation and were distributed randomly in the YBCO matrix. And an improved critical current density over a wide range of magnetic field in the BaTiO 3 -YBCO composite films were found, which implies that this unique self-assembled microstructure provided strong vortex pinning in YBCO films.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)622-627
Number of pages6
JournalApplied Surface Science
Volume314
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Sept 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Flux pinning
  • Superconductor
  • TFA-MOD

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