Published December 1, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Seed layer, solution concentration and thickness effects on CSD-derived La2Zr2O7 buffer layers for coated conductors

  • 1. Institute for Superconductivity and Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522 (Australia)
  • 2. Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031 (China)
  • 3. Department of Mathematics and Physics, Anhui Institute of Architecture and Industry, Hefei 230022 (China)
  • 4. Superconducting Materials Research Center, General Research Institute for Non-ferrous Metals, Beijing 100088 (China)

Description

La2Zr2O7/NiW buffer layers as very promising buffer layers for coated conductors were fabricated by chemical solution deposition using cheap precursors, La-acetate and Zr-(IV) n-propoxide (70% w/w in n-propanol). The effects on the orientation and microstructure of La2Zr2O7 buffer layers, including seed layer, thickness and solution concentration, were investigated. The results showed that insertion of a seed layer could obviously improve the crystallization and orientation, and decrease of single layer thickness could also obviously improve the in-plane orientation. The results of all metalorganic depositions derived YBCO/CeO2/La2Zr2O7/NiW showed that the prepared La2Zr2O7 buffer layers were suitable for coated conductors using all metalorganic depositions

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2007.08.008

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physc.2007.08.008;
PII
S0921-4534(07)01284-1;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physica. C, Superconductivity
Journal Volume
467
Journal Issue
1-2
Journal Page Range
p. 73-79
ISSN
0921-4534
CODEN
PHYCE6

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