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- Title
Improved Flux Pinning Performance of GdBCO Superconductor Bulks by Gd<sub>3</sub>ZrO<sub>7</sub> Additions.
- Authors
ZHANG, J. Y.; ZHANG, Y. F.; LOU, Z. W.; ZHANG, P. H.; LI, C. Y.; YUAN, J. W.; ZHANG, X. J.; PENG, L.; MA, Y. X.; XU, J. M.; YANG, G. T.; IZUMI, M.
- Abstract
Four GdBa2Cu3O7-β (GdBCO or Gd123) superconductor bulks doped with different amounts of Gd3ZrO7 particles have been successfully prepared by the modified top-seeded melt-texture growth. Superconducting properties and microstructures of these bulks have been investigated in detail. All GdBCO bulks exhibit superior superconductivity with the onset critical temperature (Tc;onset) above 94 K, and the highest critical current density (Jc) of 49.1 kA/cm² was obtained in the GdBCO bulk doped with 0.8 mol.% Gd3ZrO7 particles at 77 K in self-field. During the top-seeded melt-texture growth process, the Gd3ZrO7 additions can react with the GdBCO phase, forming the BaZrO3 particles and intensifying the Gd/Ba substitution, which can improve the flux pinning performance of the GdBCO bulk. As a result, Jc was enhanced and the trapped flux density significantly increased with the increase of Gd3ZrO7 additions. The maximum trapped flux density of 0.56 T obtained in the GdBCO bulk with 0.8 mol.% Gd3ZrO7 additions is more than three times as high as that of the undoped bulk. The squared stripes around the seed crystal were found in the doped bulks, and were identified as the macroscopic appearance of inhomogeneous microstructure in which the Gd2BaCuO5 (Gd211) free region and the Gd211-containing region were separated by a BaZrO3-and-Ag layer in a small region. But such microstructural inhomogeneity can be well improved with the increase of Gd3ZrO7 additions. All these results show that Gd3ZrO7 additions improve the pinning performance of GdBCO superconductor bulks.
- Subjects
FLUX pinning; SUPERCONDUCTORS; CRITICAL currents; ACTINIC flux; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; CRITICAL temperature
- Publication
Acta Physica Polonica: A, 2021, Vol 140, Issue 1, p40
- ISSN
0587-4246
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12693/APhysPolA.140.40