Creation of high-pinning microstructures in post production YBCO coated conductors

Title: Creation of high-pinning microstructures in post production YBCO coated conductors

A method comprising irradiating a polycrystalline rare earth metal-alkaline earth metal-transition metal-oxide superconductor layer with protons having an energy of 1 to 6 MeV. The irradiating process produces an irradiated layer that comprises randomly dispersed defects with an average diameter in the range of 1-10 nm.

Inventors:: Welp, Ulrich; Miller, Dean J.; Kwok, Wai-Kwong; Rupich, Martin W.; Fleshler, Steven; Malozemoff, Alexis P.

Issue Date:: 2017-01-10

OSTI Identifier:: 1338903

Assignee:: UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, IL) ANL

Patent Number(s):: 9,543,496

Application Number:: 14/215,947

Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2014 Mar 17

Research Org:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org:: USDOE

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

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