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Pinto V, Vannozzi A, Celentano G, Tomellini M, Meledin A, Orlanducci S. Nanodiamond Influence on the Nucleation and Growth of YBCO Superconducting Film Deposited by Metal-Organic Decomposition. CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN 2023; 23:6086-6099. [PMID: 37547874 PMCID: PMC10401629 DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.3c00607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2023] [Revised: 06/25/2023] [Indexed: 08/08/2023]
Abstract
It was recently shown that the introduction of nanodiamond (ND) into a superconducting metal-organic deposited YBa2Cu3O7-δ (YBCO) film produces an increase in critical current density in self-field conditions (B = 0 T). Such improvement appears to be due to the formation of denser and smoother films than the samples deposited without ND. This paper presents the work done to understand the role of ND during YBCO nucleation and growth. A detailed study on YBCO+ND films quenched at different temperatures of the crystallization process was carried out. Results showed that the reaction responsible for YBCO production appeared effectively affected by ND. In particular, ND stabilizes one of the YBCO precursors, BaF2(1-x)Ox, whose conversion into YBCO requires a prolonged time. Therefore, the YBCO nucleation is slowed down by ND and begins when the experimental conditions favor both thermodynamically and kinetically the formation of YBCO along the c-axis. This effect has important implications because the growth of a highly epitaxial c-axis YBCO film enables excellent superconducting performance.
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- Valentina Pinto
- Superconductivity
Laboratory, FSN-COND, ENEA, Via E. Fermi 45, 00044 Frascati (Rome), Italy
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- Superconductivity
Laboratory, FSN-COND, ENEA, Via E. Fermi 45, 00044 Frascati (Rome), Italy
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- Superconductivity
Laboratory, FSN-COND, ENEA, Via E. Fermi 45, 00044 Frascati (Rome), Italy
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- Department
of Chemical Sciences and Technologies, Via della Ricerca Scientifica, Tor Vergata University, Rome 000173, Italy
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- Central
Facility for Electron Microscopy, RWTH Aachen
University, Ahornstraße 55, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Department
of Chemical Sciences and Technologies, Via della Ricerca Scientifica, Tor Vergata University, Rome 000173, Italy
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Saltarelli L, Gupta K, Rasi S, Kethamkuzhi A, Queraltó A, Garcia D, Gutierrez J, Farjas J, Roura-Grabulosa P, Ricart S, Obradors X, Puig T. Chemical and Microstructural Nanoscale Homogeneity in Superconducting YBa 2Cu 3O 7-x Films Derived from Metal-Propionate Fluorine-free Solutions. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:48582-48597. [PMID: 36269760 PMCID: PMC9634695 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c11414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2022] [Accepted: 10/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Research involved in developing alternative energy sources has become a necessity to face global warming. In this context, superconductivity is an appealing solution to enhance clean electrical energy provided that lower production costs can be attained. By implementation of chemical solution deposition techniques and high-throughput growth methods, low-cost nanostructured epitaxial cuprate superconductors are timely candidates. Here, we present a versatile and tunable solution method suitable for the preparation of high-performance epitaxial cuprate superconducting films. Disregarding the renowned trifluoroacetate route, we center our focus on the transient liquid-assisted growth (TLAG) that meets the requirement of being a greener chemical process together with ultrafast growth rates beyond 100 nm/s. We developed a facile, fast, and cost-effective method, starting from the synthesis of metal-propionate powders of Y, Ba, and Cu of high purity and high yields, being the precursors of the fluorine-free solutions, which enable the chemical and microstructural nanoscale homogeneity of YBa2Cu3O7-x (YBCO) precursor films. These solutions present endured stability and enable precise tunability of the composition, concentration, porosity, and film thickness. Homogeneous precursor films up to thicknesses of 2.7 μm through eight layer multidepositions are demonstrated, thus establishing the correct basis for epitaxial growth using the fast kinetics of the TLAG process. YBCO films of 500 nm thickness with a critical current density of 2.6 MA/cm2 at 77 K were obtained, showing the correlation of precursor film homogeneity to the final YBCO physical properties.
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- Lavinia Saltarelli
- Institut
de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, ICMAB-CSIC, Campus de la UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut
de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, ICMAB-CSIC, Campus de la UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut
de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, ICMAB-CSIC, Campus de la UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut
de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, ICMAB-CSIC, Campus de la UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut
de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, ICMAB-CSIC, Campus de la UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut
de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, ICMAB-CSIC, Campus de la UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut
de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, ICMAB-CSIC, Campus de la UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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- GRMT,
Department of Physics, University of Girona, E17071 Girona, Catalonia, Spain
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- GRMT,
Department of Physics, University of Girona, E17071 Girona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut
de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, ICMAB-CSIC, Campus de la UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut
de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, ICMAB-CSIC, Campus de la UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut
de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, ICMAB-CSIC, Campus de la UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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Rasi S, Queraltó A, Banchewski J, Saltarelli L, Garcia D, Pacheco A, Gupta K, Kethamkuzhi A, Soler L, Jareño J, Ricart S, Farjas J, Roura‐Grabulosa P, Mocuta C, Obradors X, Puig T. Kinetic Control of Ultrafast Transient Liquid Assisted Growth of Solution-Derived YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7 -x Superconducting Films. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2022; 9:e2203834. [PMID: 36116124 PMCID: PMC9661858 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202203834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2022] [Revised: 08/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Transient liquid assisted growth (TLAG) is an ultrafast non-equilibrium growth process mainly governed by kinetic parameters, which are only accessible through fast in situ characterizations. In situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis and in situ electrical resistivity measurements are used to derive kinetic diagrams of YBa2 Cu3 O7- x (YBCO) superconducting films prepared via TLAG and to reveal the unique peculiarities of the process. In particular, diagrams for the phase evolution and the YBCO growth rates have been built for the two TLAG routes. It is shown that TLAG transient liquids can be obtained upon the melting of two barium cuprate phases (and not just one), differentiated by their copper oxidation state. This knowledge serves as a guide to determine the processing conditions to reach high performance films at high growth rates. With proper control of these kinetic parameters, films with critical current densities of 2-2.6 MA cm-2 at 77 K and growth rates between 100-2000 nm s-1 are reached. These growth rates are 1.5-3 orders of magnitude higher than those of conventional methods.
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- Silvia Rasi
- Institut de Ciència de Materials de BarcelonaICMAB‐CSICCampus UABBellaterraCatalonia08193Spain
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de BarcelonaICMAB‐CSICCampus UABBellaterraCatalonia08193Spain
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de BarcelonaICMAB‐CSICCampus UABBellaterraCatalonia08193Spain
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de BarcelonaICMAB‐CSICCampus UABBellaterraCatalonia08193Spain
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de BarcelonaICMAB‐CSICCampus UABBellaterraCatalonia08193Spain
- Departament de QuímicaUniversitat Autònoma de BarcelonaBellaterraCatalonia08193Spain
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de BarcelonaICMAB‐CSICCampus UABBellaterraCatalonia08193Spain
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de BarcelonaICMAB‐CSICCampus UABBellaterraCatalonia08193Spain
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de BarcelonaICMAB‐CSICCampus UABBellaterraCatalonia08193Spain
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de BarcelonaICMAB‐CSICCampus UABBellaterraCatalonia08193Spain
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de BarcelonaICMAB‐CSICCampus UABBellaterraCatalonia08193Spain
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de BarcelonaICMAB‐CSICCampus UABBellaterraCatalonia08193Spain
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- GRMTDepartment of PhysicsUniversitat de GironaCampus Montilivi, Edif. PIIGironaCataloniaE17003Spain
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- GRMTDepartment of PhysicsUniversitat de GironaCampus Montilivi, Edif. PIIGironaCataloniaE17003Spain
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- Synchrotron SOLEILL'Orme des Merisiers Saint‐Aubin BP 48Gif‐sur‐Yvette91192France
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de BarcelonaICMAB‐CSICCampus UABBellaterraCatalonia08193Spain
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de BarcelonaICMAB‐CSICCampus UABBellaterraCatalonia08193Spain
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Low-Vacuum Pyrolysis of YBCO Films by Using Fluorine-Free Metal Organic Chemical Deposition. CRYSTALS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/cryst12060812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The preparation of YBCO superconducting films by using metal organic chemical deposition (MOD) involves low-temperature pyrolysis and high-temperature treatment. The former process generally requires the introduction of water vapor and other gases. The study on pyrolysis in a low vacuum environment and non-carrier gas atmosphere has never been reported. In this work, we explored a low vacuum pyrolysis scheme with simple Argon gas decompression and a carrier-free atmosphere. The effects of heating rate on the microstructure of pyrolysis films were investigated, and the high-temperature treatment temperature (Th) was also optimized. Compared with conventional pyrolysis, the present low-vacuum pyrolysis does not employ the flowing dry or wet gases, facilitating the internal gas release during film decomposition. More importantly, the efficiency was greatly improved with reduced pyrolysis time. The obtained film surface is free of CuO particle, which leads to a lower roughness. We also investigated the effect of Th on the final YBCO film texture and superconductivity. As Th increased from 810 °C to 815 °C, the BaCuO2 phase decreased with enhanced c-axis orientation being evident by XRD and Raman spectra. As a result, the critical current density (Jc) increased from 0.38 MA/cm2 to 1.2 MA/cm2 (77 K, self-field).
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Barusco P, Granados X, Saltarelli L, Fournier-Lupien JH, Lacroix C, Saad HB, Sirois F, Vlad VR, Calleja A, Grosse V, Puig T, Obradors X. Chemical Solution Deposition of Insulating Yttria Nanolayers as Current Flow Diverter in Superconducting GdBa 2Cu 3O 7-δ Coated Conductors. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:15315-15325. [PMID: 35571796 PMCID: PMC9096825 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c05352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2021] [Accepted: 03/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The primary benefit of a metallic stabilization/shunt in high temperature superconductor (HTS) coated conductors (CCs) is to prevent joule heating damage by providing an alternative path for the current flow during the HTS normal state transition (i.e., quench). However, the shunt presence in combination with unavoidable fluctuations in the critical current (I c) of the HTS film can develop a localized quench along the CC's length if the operational current is kept close to I c. This scenario, also known as the hot-spot regime, can lead to the rupture of the CC if the local quench does not propagate fast enough. The current flow diverter (CFD) is the CC architecture concept that has proven to increase the conductor's robustness against a hot-spot regime by simply boosting the quench velocity in the CC, which avoids the shunt compromise in some applications. This work investigates a practical manufacturing route for incorporating the CFD architecture in a reel-to-reel system via the preparation of yttrium oxide (Y2O3) as an insulating thin nanolayer (∼100 nm) on top of a GdBa2Cu3O7 (GdBCO) superconductor. Chemical solution deposition (CSD) using ink jet printing (IJP) is shown to be a suitable manufacturing approach. Two sequences of the experimental steps have been investigated, where oxygenation of the GdBCO layer is performed after or before the solution deposition and the Y2O3 nanolayer thermal treatment formation step. A correlated analysis of the microstructure, in situ oxygenation kinetics, and superconducting properties of the Ag/Y2O3/GdBCO trilayer processed under different conditions shows that a new customized functional CC can be prepared. The successful achievement of the CFD effect in the case of the preoxygenated customized CC was confirmed by measuring the current transfer length, thus demonstrating the effectiveness of the CSD-IJP as a processing method.
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- Pedro Barusco
- Institut
de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus de la Universitat Autònoma
de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut
de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus de la Universitat Autònoma
de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut
de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus de la Universitat Autònoma
de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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- Polytechnique
Montréal, 2500
Chemin de Polytechnique, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3T 1J4
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- Polytechnique
Montréal, 2500
Chemin de Polytechnique, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3T 1J4
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- Polytechnique
Montréal, 2500
Chemin de Polytechnique, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3T 1J4
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- Institut
de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus de la Universitat Autònoma
de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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- OXOLUTIA
SL, Avinguda del Castell
de Barberà, 26, 08210 Barberà del Vallès, Catalonia, Spain
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- THEVA
Dünnschichttechnik GmbH, Rote-Kreuz-Straße 8, 85737 Ismaning, Germany
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- Institut
de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus de la Universitat Autònoma
de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut
de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus de la Universitat Autònoma
de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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Queraltó A, Pacheco A, Jiménez N, Ricart S, Obradors X, Puig T. Defining inkjet printing conditions of superconducting cuprate films through machine learning. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY. C 2022; 10:6885-6895. [PMID: 35665056 PMCID: PMC9069570 DOI: 10.1039/d1tc05913k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2021] [Accepted: 04/06/2022] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The design and optimization of new processing approaches for the development of rare earth cuprate (REBCO) high temperature superconductors is required to increase their cost-effective fabrication and promote market implementation. The exploration of a broad range of parameters enabled by these methods is the ideal scenario for a new set of high-throughput experimentation (HTE) and data-driven tools based on machine learning (ML) algorithms that are envisaged to speed up this optimization in a low-cost and efficient manner compatible with industrialization. In this work, we developed a data-driven methodology that allows us to analyze and optimize the inkjet printing (IJP) deposition process of REBCO precursor solutions. A dataset containing 231 samples was used to build ML models. Linear and tree-based (Random Forest, AdaBoost and Gradient Boosting) regression algorithms were compared, reaching performances above 87%. Model interpretation using Shapley Additive Explanations (SHAP) revealed the most important variables for each study. We could determine that to ensure homogeneous CSD films of 1 micron thickness without cracks after the pyrolysis, we need average drop volumes of 190-210 pl, and no. of drops between 5000 and 6000, delivering a total volume deposited close to 1 μl.
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- Albert Queraltó
- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) Campus UAB 08193 Bellaterra Catalonia Spain +34 93 580 18 53
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) Campus UAB 08193 Bellaterra Catalonia Spain +34 93 580 18 53
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) Campus UAB 08193 Bellaterra Catalonia Spain +34 93 580 18 53
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) Campus UAB 08193 Bellaterra Catalonia Spain +34 93 580 18 53
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) Campus UAB 08193 Bellaterra Catalonia Spain +34 93 580 18 53
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) Campus UAB 08193 Bellaterra Catalonia Spain +34 93 580 18 53
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Shi J, Zhao Y, Jiang G, Zhu J, Wu Y, Gao Y, Quan X, Yu X, Wu W, Jin Z. Deposition of REBCO with different rare earth elements on CeO2 buffered technical substrates by fluorine-free metal organic decomposition route. Ann Ital Chir 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2021.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Ultra-high critical current densities of superconducting YBa 2Cu 3O 7-δ thin films in the overdoped state. Sci Rep 2021; 11:8176. [PMID: 33854183 PMCID: PMC8047038 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-87639-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2020] [Accepted: 03/24/2021] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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The functional properties of cuprates are strongly determined by the doping state and carrier density. We present an oxygen doping study of YBa2Cu3O7-δ (YBCO) thin films from underdoped to overdoped state, correlating the measured charge carrier density, [Formula: see text], the hole doping, p, and the critical current density, [Formula: see text]. Our results show experimental demonstration of strong increase of [Formula: see text] with [Formula: see text], up to Quantum Critical Point (QCP), due to an increase of the superconducting condensation energy. The ultra-high [Formula: see text] achieved, 90 MA cm-2 at 5 K corresponds to about a fifth of the depairing current, i.e. a value among the highest ever reported in YBCO films. The overdoped regime is confirmed by a sudden increase of [Formula: see text], associated to the reconstruction of the Fermi-surface at the QCP. Overdoping YBCO opens a promising route to extend the current carrying capabilities of rare-earth barium copper oxide (REBCO) coated conductors for applications.
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Queraltó A, Banchewski J, Pacheco A, Gupta K, Saltarelli L, Garcia D, Alcalde N, Mocuta C, Ricart S, Pino F, Obradors X, Puig T. Combinatorial Screening of Cuprate Superconductors by Drop-On-Demand Inkjet Printing. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:9101-9112. [PMID: 33576610 PMCID: PMC7908015 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c18014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2020] [Accepted: 12/23/2020] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Combinatorial and high-throughput experimentation (HTE) is achieving more relevance in material design, representing a turning point in the process of accelerated discovery, development, and optimization of materials based on data-driven approaches. The versatility of drop-on-demand inkjet printing (IJP) allows performing combinatorial studies through fabrication of compositionally graded materials with high spatial precision, here by mixing superconducting REBCO precursor solutions with different rare earth (RE) elements. The homogeneity of combinatorial Y1-xGdxBa2Cu3O7 samples was designed with computational methods and confirmed by energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) and high-resolution X-ray diffraction (XRD). We reveal the advantages of this strategy in the optimization of the epitaxial growth of high-temperature REBCO superconducting films using the novel transient liquid-assisted growth method (TLAG). Advanced characterization methods, such as in situ synchrotron growth experiments, are tailored to suit the combinatorial approach and demonstrated to be essential for HTE schemes. The experimental strategy presented is key for the attainment of large datasets for the implementation of machine learning backed material design frameworks.
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- Albert Queraltó
- Institut
de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut
de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut
de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut
de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut
de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut
de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut
de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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- Synchrotron
SOLEIL, L’Orme des Merisiers Saint-Aubin, BP 48, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institut
de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut
de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut
de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institut
de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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Low-Fluorine Ba-Deficient Solutions for High-Performance Superconducting YBCO Films. COATINGS 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/coatings11020199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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High-performing superconducting YBa2Cu3O7–x (YBCO) films are fabricated by a chemical solution deposition methodology through novel barium-deficient low-fluorine solutions. The precursor solutions, distinguished for being straightforward, inexpensive and eco-friendly, allow us to reduce the growing temperature of YBCO down to 750 °C. We investigated the influence of the growing temperatures on both the microstructure and superconducting properties of YBCO films by using conventional thermal annealing and flash-heating approaches. A clear correlation between the growing temperature (Tg) and the superconducting performance of the films was obtained with improved performances observed at low Tg.
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Development of a Fluorine-Free Polymer-Assisted-Deposition Route for YBa2Cu3O7−x Superconducting Films. COATINGS 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/coatings10100966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Polymer assisted deposition (PAD) was used as an environmentally friendly, non-fluorine, growth method for superconducting YBa2Cu3O7−x (YBCO) films. The kinetics of the thermal decomposition of the precursor powder was studied by thermogravimetry coupled with mass spectrometry (TG-QMS). YBCO films were spin coated on (100) SrTiO3 (STO) single crystalline substrates, followed by a single step thermal treatment under wet and dry O2 and O2/N2 mixture. The as-obtained films were epitaxially grown having a [001]YBCO||[001]STO out-of-plane epitaxial relationship and exhibited good superconducting properties with Tc (R = 0) > 88 K, transition widths, ΔT ≈ 2 K and critical current densities as high as 2.3 MA/cm2 at 77 K and self magnetic field.
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Chamorro N, Martínez-Esaín J, Puig T, Obradors X, Ros J, Yáñez R, Ricart S. Hybrid approach to obtain high-quality BaMO3 perovskite nanocrystals. RSC Adv 2020; 10:28872-28878. [PMID: 35520062 PMCID: PMC9055805 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra03861j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2020] [Accepted: 07/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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A novel hybrid solvothermal approach for perovskite nanocrystal formation via accurate control of the hydrolytic process is reported.
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- Natalia Chamorro
- Departament de Química
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
- Spain
- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC)
- Spain
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- Departament de Química
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
- Spain
- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC)
- Spain
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC)
- Spain
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC)
- Spain
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- Departament de Química
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
- Spain
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- Departament de Química
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
- Spain
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