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Title: Formation of film superconductors by metallo-organic deposition

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6527942

This patent describes a method for producing thin film superconductor materials. It comprises forming a solution from the neodecanoates of yttrium, barium, and copper metals; depositing a film of the solution onto a substrate. The substrate selected from the group consisting of strontium titanate, barium titanate, and sapphire; pyrolyzing the film in an oxygen-containing environment at a first temperature of about 500{degrees}C. for about 5 minutes, so as to decompose the neodecanoates of yttrium, barium, and copper into a film containing oxides of yttrium, barium, and copper, the pyrolyzing occurring substantially immediately after the depositing step; and heating the metal oxide film to a second temperature of about 850{degrees}C. for a duration of approximately no more than 2 minutes and allowing the metal oxide film to cool to room temperature, then heating the metal oxide film to a third temperature of about 920{degrees}C. for a duration of approximately no more than 1 minute.

Assignee:
General Motors Corp., Detroit, MI (USA)
Patent Number(s):
US 7962088; A
Application Number:
PPN: US s 7-186627; TRN: 90-036698
OSTI ID:
6527942
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 27 Apr 1988
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English