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Current Transport Properties of TFA-MOD Processed Long-Length <tex-math notation='LaTeX'>$\mbox{Y}_{\mathrm{x}}\mbox{Gd}_{1\mbox{-}{\mathrm{x}}}\mbox{Ba}_{2}\mbox{Cu}_{3}\mbox{O} _{\mathrm{y}}$</tex-math> Coated Conductor Doped With <tex-math notation='LaTeX'>$\mbox{BaZrO}_{3}$</tex-math> Artificial Pinning Centers

Authors :
Kazuo Watanabe
Takanobu Kiss
Masateru Yoshizumi
Satoshi Awaji
Kohei Higashikawa
Takayo Hasegawa
Yasuo Takahashi
Kazutaka Imamura
Masayoshi Inoue
Tsutomu Koizumi
Kenta Tanaka
Teruo Izumi
Kimura Kazunari
Source :
IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity. 25:1-4
Publication Year :
2015
Publisher :
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2015.

Abstract

We have investigated the current transport properties of batch furnace processed TFA-MOD Y x Gd 1-x Ba 2 Cu 3 O y (YGdBCO) coated conductor (CC) doped with nanoscale BaZrO 3 artificial pinning centers (APCs). As the comparison with those of previous processed YGdBCO CC, it has been confirmed that the present process is very effective to improve current carrying performance of the CC at not only high-temperature but also low-temperature region, for example, the I c at 4.2 K and 17 T is 450 A/cm-w, i.e., the engineering J c is 4.3 &#215; 10 8 A/m 2 , which is comparable value to that of Nb 3 Sn wire at 4.2 K. In addition, angular dependences of the I c clearly show the effectiveness of the APCs. Namely, the minimum I c in the whole angle region at 77 K, 3 T increase from 7 to 35 A/cm-w, and the anisotropy of I c is reduced. We will also discuss the analytical expression of in-field current transport property based on the percolation transition model and the scaling law of the flux pinning. By using this analysis, electric field versus current density characteristics in arbitrary conditions of temperature and magnetic field can be described, and also, the statistical distribution of J c can be estimated. These results are important not only for the design of superconducting devices using CCs but also for understanding the pinning properties.

Details

ISSN :
15582515 and 10518223
Volume :
25
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
Accession number :
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