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PHYSICA C-SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND ITS APPLICATIONS
Volume 469, Issue 13, Pages 766-773Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.physc.2009.04.008
Keywords
High temperature superconductors; Densification; Coated conductors; Non-fluorine solution deposition
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- National Science Foundation [DMR 02-13282]
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The densification behavior during conversion of YBa2Cu3O7-x (YBCO) films formed by the trifluoroacetate (TFA)-based metal-organic deposition (MOD) technique was compared to a non-fluorine oxycarbonatebased MOD process and nitrate-based polymer-assisted deposition (PAD). The critical current densities obtained in all processes exceeded 10(6) A/cm(2) in films at least 300 nm thick. Rapid densification of films was observed in all processes, beginning at 700 degrees C in the TFA and PAD processes and 650 degrees C in the oxycarbonate process. YBCO nucleation occurred shortly after densification began in all processes. Residual carbon measurements were performed using wavelength dispersive spectroscopy (WDS). Carbon persisted in films from all processes until after densification began, but it was reduced to background levels soon after YBCO nucleation. Film density and second phase morphology were controlled through adjustments to the ambient oxygen partial pressure. Morphological evidence of extensive transient liquid phase formation was observed in PAD films and is consistent with the densification and nucleation behavior. The common behavior between the PAD, oxycarbonate-MOD, and TFA-MOD processes suggests that a melt forms in all systems, but the extent of this melt varies. (c) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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