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Methods and systems for fabricating high quality superconducting tapes

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OSTI ID:1924974
An MOCVD system fabricates high quality superconductor tapes with variable thicknesses. The MOCVD system can include a gas flow chamber between two parallel channels in a housing. A substrate tape is heated and then passed through the MOCVD housing such that the gas flow is perpendicular to the tape's surface. Precursors are injected into the gas flow for deposition on the substrate tape. In this way, superconductor tapes can be fabricated with variable thicknesses, uniform precursor deposition, and high critical current densities.
Research Organization:
Univ. of Houston, TX (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)
DOE Contract Number:
AR0000141;
Assignee:
University of Houston System (Houston, TX)
Patent Number(s):
11,410,797
Application Number:
16/727,326
OSTI ID:
1924974
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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