TY - JOUR
T1 - Barium cerate as effective flux pinning centers in Y123 bulk materials
AU - Nariki, S.
AU - Sakai, N.
AU - Murakami, M.
AU - Hirabayashi, I.
PY - 2005/10/1
Y1 - 2005/10/1
N2 - Bulk superconductors with compositions of YBa2Cu 3Oy + xBaCeO3 (x = 0.05-0.5) and 0.5 wt.% Pt were fabricated by melt processing in air. BaCeO3 particles of 1-2 μm diameter were dispersed in the Y123 matrix, and critical current density (Jc) increased with the amount of BaCeO3 for the sample with x = 0.05-0.3. We also found that the size of BaCeO3 particles could be reduced by substituting Zr on Ce site. The Y123 bulk sample with 30 mol% of Ba(Ce0.75, Zr0.25)O3 and 0.5 wt.% Pt showed a high Jc value of 110 kA/cm2 at 77 K, where the Ba(Ce, Zr)O3 inclusions were reduced to less than 1 μm in size. However, excess substitution of Zr led to inhomogeneous distribution of the additives and lowered Jc values.
AB - Bulk superconductors with compositions of YBa2Cu 3Oy + xBaCeO3 (x = 0.05-0.5) and 0.5 wt.% Pt were fabricated by melt processing in air. BaCeO3 particles of 1-2 μm diameter were dispersed in the Y123 matrix, and critical current density (Jc) increased with the amount of BaCeO3 for the sample with x = 0.05-0.3. We also found that the size of BaCeO3 particles could be reduced by substituting Zr on Ce site. The Y123 bulk sample with 30 mol% of Ba(Ce0.75, Zr0.25)O3 and 0.5 wt.% Pt showed a high Jc value of 110 kA/cm2 at 77 K, where the Ba(Ce, Zr)O3 inclusions were reduced to less than 1 μm in size. However, excess substitution of Zr led to inhomogeneous distribution of the additives and lowered Jc values.
KW - BaCeO
KW - Critical current density
KW - Melt-textured bulk
KW - Microstructure
KW - Y-Ba-Cu-O
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U2 - 10.1016/j.physc.2005.05.024
DO - 10.1016/j.physc.2005.05.024
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:25644456770
SN - 0921-4534
VL - 426-431
SP - 602
EP - 607
JO - Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications
JF - Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications
IS - I
T2 - Proceedings of the 17th International Symposium on Superconductivity (ISS 2004) Advances in Supeconductivity
Y2 - 23 November 2004 through 25 November 2004
ER -