YBCO films doping with szo particles grown by chemical solution deposition

Authors

Min Liu, University of WollongongFollow
Dongqi Shi, University of WollongongFollow
Qi Li, Pennsylvania State UniversityFollow
Lin Wang, University of WollongongFollow
Shuai Ye, Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Tech
Hongli Suo, Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Tech
S X. Dou, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

31469

Publication Details

Liu, M, Shi, D, Li, Q, Wang, L, Ye, S, Suo, H & Dou, SX (2009), YBCO films doping with szo particles grown by chemical solution deposition, International Journal of Modern Physics B, 23(17), pp. 3532-3537.

Abstract

YBa₂Cu₃O_7−δ (YBCO) films with SrZrO₃ (SZO) doping have been prepared successfully by a nonvacuum, low cost, and easily scalable metal–organic deposition method, and their microstructures and physical properties were investigated. From the analysis of x-ray diffraction and φ-scan results, the doped films had sharp biaxial textures. Although the doped YBCO film had a wider critical temperature transition width than that of the un-doped YBCO film, the critical current density, J_c, was significantly enhanced under applied fields as compared to the un-doped film. Furthermore, the ratio of J_c, doped to J_c, un-doped became gradually larger with increasing temperature and magnetic field, indicating that an effective pinning force was created by SZO doping. These results clearly demonstrate that there are appealing prospects for applications of the doped film in high magnetic fields and temperatures.