High Pressure Oxygenation of EuBCO and GdBCO Coated Conductors

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Contributors

  • Tetiana Prikhna - , NASU - Bakul Institute for Superhard Materials, Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)
  • Aiswarya Kethamkuzhi - , Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) (Author)
  • Roxana Vlad - , Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) (Author)
  • Myroslav Karpets - , NASU - Bakul Institute for Superhard Materials, National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute" (Author)
  • Robert Kluge - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)
  • Semyon Ponomaryov - , NASU - Institute of Semiconductors Physics (Author)
  • Viktor Moshchil - , NASU - Bakul Institute for Superhard Materials (Author)
  • Xavier Obradors - , Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) (Author)
  • Bernd Büchner - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)
  • Joffre Gutierrez - , Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) (Author)
  • Sabine Wurmehl - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)
  • Teresa Puig - , Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) (Author)

Abstract

To study the possibility of overdoping with oxygen and, thus, an increase in the charge carrier density, nH(100 K), in RE123 layers (RE = Eu, Gd) with the aim of increasing the critical current density, Jc, oxygenation was carried out in the pressure range of pO2 = 1-160 bar and temperatures of TS = 300-800 °C during τ = 3-12 h of commercial EuBCO and GdBCO coated conductors (CC), from which the protective Cu layer and, in half of the cases, the Ag layer were chemically removed before oxygenation. The evidences of overdoping were observed about what were witnessed an increase of nH(100 K), reduction of c-lattice parameters of RE123 (RE = Eu, Gd) of superconducting layers, behavior of normalized resistivity before superconducting transition, and Jc variation, however, the conditions to achieve optimal doping were not found yet. Treatment under 100 bar of O2 for 3 h of GdBCO_CC (with Ag layer) at 600 °C led to an increase in Jc (77 K, 0 T) from 2.57 to 2.67 MA/cm2, nH(100 K) increased from 6.55 × 1021 to 6.91 × 1021 cm-3, and Jc(5 K, 0 T) = 28.94 MA/cm2 was observed after the treatment. The increase in Jc (77 K, 0 T) from 2.10 to 2.28 MA/cm2 for GdBCO_CC (without Ag layer) was observed after treatment at 300 °C under 100 bar of O2 for 3 h. In the both cases c-parameter of Gd123 decreased from 1.1735(1) to 1.1731(0) nm. For EuBCO_СС after treatment a decrease in c-parameters of Eu123 was observed: from 1.1738(8) to 1.1734(5) nm (for the Ag-coated sample under 100 bar O2 at 300 °C) and from 1.1740(2) to 1.1736(3) nm (for the sample without Ag under 160 bar O2 at 800 °C), but we failed to increase nH(100 K) and Jc of the studied samples. However, the studies are still ongoing.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number6601505
JournalIEEE transactions on applied superconductivity
Volume35
Issue number5
Publication statusPublished - 2025
Peer-reviewedYes
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

Keywords

  • Charge carrier density, critical current density, superconducting tapes, superconducting transition temperature, X-ray diffraction