• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 1996.11a
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• pp.171-173
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• 1996

Ag coating on the textured YBCO was prepared by means of a Ag$_2$O brushed coating method. The contact between Ag coating and textured YBCO was examined by sharp knife cut and by the observation of SEM. The critical current densities of different textured YBCO samples, which included YBCO with and without Ag coating, and YBCO with Ag coating after hot moist text, were compared. The Ag coating does not influence the oxygen absorption of textured YBCO, but Ag coating can protect YBCO well from moisture and $CO_2$

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 1996.11a
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• pp.63-66
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• 1996

The method for calculation of $Y_2$BaCuO$_{5}$ contents was set up. It was estimated that the optimum value of 211 contents in the textured YBCO superconductor as flux pinning center was about 20wt.%. Ag contents have no influence on the critical temperature, but have large influence on the critical current density of the textured YBCO. When Ag contents over 15wt.%, which was the solubility of condensed YBCO, the critical current densities tend to a stable value.e.

• Progress in Superconductivity
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.1-6
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• 2004

Melt-textured YBCO in high quantity and good quality is prepared in a batch process. A mean trapped field >1. IT at 77K is achieved in batch processed material. Studying the microstructure is a necessary tool to understand the growth mechanisms and thus to opimise the material. From the growth induced structures in the material the anisotropy in growth speed is 1.37. From batch processed material function elements for different cryomagnetic applications are constructed. Motors with an output power > 200 kW at 77 K and bearings that can lift more than 200 kg were equipped with melt-textured YBCO.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Applied Superconductivity and Cryogenics Conference
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• 2002.02a
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• pp.91-94
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• 2002

Textured Ce$O_{2}$ buffers for YBCO coated conductors were deposited on biaxially textured Ni substrate by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition The texture of deposited Ce$O_{2}$ films was varied with deposition temperature(T) and oxygen partial pressure($Po_{2}$). ($\ell$ 00) textured Ce$O_{2}$ films were deposited at T= 500~$520^{\circ}C$, $Po_{2}$= 0.90~3.33 Torr. The growth rate of the Ce$O_{2}$ films was 150~200 nm/min at T= $520^{\circ}C$ and $Po_{2}$= 2.30 Torr, which was much faster than that prepated by other physical deposition method.

• Progress in Superconductivity
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.8-15
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• 2006

The size of the superconducting domains and the critical current density inside these domains have to be enhanced for most of cryomagnetic applications of melt-textured YBCO bulks. To enlarge the size of the domains we studied the multi-seeding technique based on a well-established procedure for preparing high quality YBCO monoliths using self-made SmBCO seeds. The distance between the seeds was optimised as a result of the investigation of the effects of various seed distances on the characteristics of the grain boundary Junctions. The influences of a-b plane intersections and c-axis misalignments were researched. Thereby, a small range of tolerance of the misorientations between the seed crystals was found. Field mapping was applied to control the materials quality and the superconductor's grain structure was investigated using polarisation microscopy. YBCO function elements with iou. seeds in a line and an arrangement of making type (100)/(100) and (110)/(110) boundary junctions, respectively, were processed. The trapped field profile in both sample types shows single domain behaviour. To demonstrate the potential of the multi-seeding method a ring-shaped sample was processed by placing sixteen seeds in a way to make both (100)/(100) and (110)/(110) grain junctions at the same time. The results up to now are very promising to prepare large single domain melt-textured YBCO semi-finished products in complex shapes.

• 한국초전도학회:학술대회논문집
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• v.11
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• pp.27-27
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• 2001

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Applied Superconductivity and Cryogenics Conference
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• 2002.02a
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• pp.17-19
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• 2002

Melt textured YBCO superconductors were fabricated by the top seeding method using Sml.8($Sm_{1.8}$ $Ba_{2.4}$ $Cu_{3.4}$$O_{7-Y}$) seed. We investigated the twin structures using the optical microscope, SEM and TEM. The twin structures formed during the tetragonal to orthorhombic transition which occurred at $450^{\circ}C$ in sample oxygen annealing. The twin structures were clearly observed by SEM due to the chemical etching effects. The lengths of twin structures were increased as the oxygenation heat treatment time increased from 1hr to 10hr. We investigated twin structure by TEM. The twin spaces were considered to be related to the oxygen contents. The results suggested an oxygen diffusion model for the formation of the twin lengths.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2002.07a
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• pp.531-534
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• 2002

NiO buffer layers for YBCO coated conductors were deposited on hi-axially textured Ni substrates by MOCVD(metal organic chemical vapor deposition) method, using single solution source. To establish the processing condition, oxygen partial pressure and deposition temperature were changed. The surface orientation and degree of texture were estimated by X-ray diffraction, X-ray pole figure and atomic force microscopy. The FWHMs of in-plane and out-of-plane of the NiO films were about 10$^{\circ}$. The surface roughness was a function of deposition temperature. The AFM surface roughness of NiO films is in the range of 3∼10 nm, when NiO films was grown at 450∼530$^{\circ}C$.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 1996.11a
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• pp.249-251
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• 1996

Ag coating on the textured YBCO and PTFE coating on the sintering YBCO were prepared. The critical current densities of different YBCO samples with and without coatings were compared. Both of Ag coating and PTFE coating can well protect YBCO from moisture and $CO_2$.

• Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.21-26
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• 2002

Textured CeO2 buffer layers for YBCO coated conductors were deposited on biaxially textured Ni substrate by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD). The degree of texture of deposited $CeO_2$ films was strong1y dependent on the deposition temperature (Td) and oxygen Partial Pressure(PO2). ($\ell$00) textured $CeO_2$ films were well deposited at T=500~52$0^{\circ}C$. PO2=0.90~3.33 Torr. The surface morphology showed that the films consisted of columnar CeO2 films grown from the Ni substrates. The root mean square roughness of CeO$_2$ films estimated by atomic force microscopy(AFM) increased as the deposition temperature(Td) increa- sed. The growth rate of the $CeO_2$ films deposited at T=52$0^{\circ}C$ and PO2=2.30 Torr was 150~200 nm/min that was much faster than that of other Physical deposition methods.