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Ultra-High Performance, High-Temperature Superconducting Wires Via Cost-Effective, Scalable, Co-Evaporation Process, Ho-Sup Kim, Sang-Soo Oh, Hong-Soo Ha, Dojun Youm, Seung-Hyun Moon, Jung Ho Kim, S X. Dou, Yoon-Uk Heo, Sung-Hun Wee, Amit Goyal Oct 2014

Ultra-High Performance, High-Temperature Superconducting Wires Via Cost-Effective, Scalable, Co-Evaporation Process, Ho-Sup Kim, Sang-Soo Oh, Hong-Soo Ha, Dojun Youm, Seung-Hyun Moon, Jung Ho Kim, S X. Dou, Yoon-Uk Heo, Sung-Hun Wee, Amit Goyal

Shi Xue Dou

Long-length, high-temperature superconducting (HTS) wires capable of carrying high critical current, Ic, are required for a wide range of applications. Here, we report extremely high performance HTS wires based on 5 μm thick SmBa2Cu3O7 − δ (SmBCO) single layer films on textured metallic templates. SmBCO layer wires over 20 meters long were deposited by a cost-effective, scalable co-evaporation process using a batch-type drum in a dual chamber. All deposition parameters influencing the composition, phase, and texture of the films were optimized via a unique combinatorial method that is broadly applicable for co-evaporation of other promising complex materials containing several cations. …


Enhancing Superconducting Properties Of Mgb2 Pellets By Addition Of Amorphous Magnetic Ni-Co-B Nanoparticles, Mislav Mustapic, Josip Horvat, Md Shahriar Hossain, Zeljko Skoko, S X. Dou Apr 2014

Enhancing Superconducting Properties Of Mgb2 Pellets By Addition Of Amorphous Magnetic Ni-Co-B Nanoparticles, Mislav Mustapic, Josip Horvat, Md Shahriar Hossain, Zeljko Skoko, S X. Dou

Josip Horvat

Amorphous magnetic Ni-Co-B nanoparticles with an average size of 5 nm were added to precursor powders of MgB2 superconductor. The preparation procedure for MgB2 pellets was optimized for obtaining the best critical current density (Jc) at elevated magnetic fields. Addition of Ni-Co-B decreases the Jc for heat treatment of precursor powders at 650 ° C. Heat treatments at 770 ° C and higher improve Jc at 20 and 5 K. This improvement occurs at both temperatures through the increase of the effective connectivity between MgB2 crystals. Vortex pinning was enhanced at 5 K, but not at 20 K. Ni-Co-B nanoparticles …


Enhancing Superconducting Properties Of Mgb2 Pellets By Addition Of Amorphous Magnetic Ni-Co-B Nanoparticles, Mislav Mustapic, Josip Horvat, Md Shahriar Hossain, Zeljko Skoko, S X. Dou Mar 2014

Enhancing Superconducting Properties Of Mgb2 Pellets By Addition Of Amorphous Magnetic Ni-Co-B Nanoparticles, Mislav Mustapic, Josip Horvat, Md Shahriar Hossain, Zeljko Skoko, S X. Dou

Shi Xue Dou

Amorphous magnetic Ni-Co-B nanoparticles with an average size of 5 nm were added to precursor powders of MgB2 superconductor. The preparation procedure for MgB2 pellets was optimized for obtaining the best critical current density (Jc) at elevated magnetic fields. Addition of Ni-Co-B decreases the Jc for heat treatment of precursor powders at 650 ° C. Heat treatments at 770 ° C and higher improve Jc at 20 and 5 K. This improvement occurs at both temperatures through the increase of the effective connectivity between MgB2 crystals. Vortex pinning was enhanced at 5 K, but not at 20 K. Ni-Co-B nanoparticles …


The Flux Pinning Mechanism, And Electrical And Magnetic Anisotropy In Fe1.04te0.6se0.4 Superconducting Single Crystal, Mahboobeh Shahbazi-Manshadi, Xiaolin Wang, S X. Dou, H Fang, C T. Lin Mar 2014

The Flux Pinning Mechanism, And Electrical And Magnetic Anisotropy In Fe1.04te0.6se0.4 Superconducting Single Crystal, Mahboobeh Shahbazi-Manshadi, Xiaolin Wang, S X. Dou, H Fang, C T. Lin

Shi Xue Dou

The temperature and magnetic field dependences of the magnetization and critical current density of Fe1.04Te0.6Se0.4 single crystals have been investigated, and the flux pinning mechanism has been analysed. The normalized pinning force (fp Fp/F p,max) vs. h(H/Hirr) curves, are scaled using the Dew-Hughes theory, f(h) ≈ hp(1 - h)q with p 1.35 and q 3.06. The angular dependence of the resistivity under different magnetic fields shows a dip-like structure, below the superconducting transition temperature. The anisotropic value of 2 was obtained using Ginzburg-Landau theory.


Magnetic And Superconducting Properties Of Spin-Fluctuation-Limited Superconducting Nanoscale Vnx, R Zeng, J Liu, G Du, W. X. Li, J Wang, J Horvat, S X. Dou Oct 2013

Magnetic And Superconducting Properties Of Spin-Fluctuation-Limited Superconducting Nanoscale Vnx, R Zeng, J Liu, G Du, W. X. Li, J Wang, J Horvat, S X. Dou

Josip Horvat

"VNx nanoparticles and nanowires have been prepared by nitrifying V2O5 nanoparticles (NP) and nanowires (NW). The V2O5 NP and NW were synthesized by a facile hydrothermal method. Magnetic susceptibility (chi) and magnetization measurements showed long range superconducting ordering (LRSO) at the temperature of 5.8 K for NW, but there was no observation of LRSO (at least down to 2 K) for the NP sample, which is a much lower temperature than for the corresponding bulk, while both NP and NW showed the absence of long range magnetic ordering, at least down to 2 K. However, the chi data showed that …


Flux Distribution In Fe-Based Superconducting Materials By Magneto-Optical Imaging, Zhi Wei Lin, Jian Guo Zhu, You Guang Guo, Xiaolin Wang, S X. Dou, Tom H. Johansen, Xun Shi, K Y. Choi Jun 2013

Flux Distribution In Fe-Based Superconducting Materials By Magneto-Optical Imaging, Zhi Wei Lin, Jian Guo Zhu, You Guang Guo, Xiaolin Wang, S X. Dou, Tom H. Johansen, Xun Shi, K Y. Choi

Shi Xue Dou

"This paper presents the magnetic flux distributions in Fe-based superconducting materials including single crystal of Ba(Fe1.9Ni0.1)As2 and Ba(Fe1.8Co0.2)As2, as well as polycrystalline SmFeO0.75F0.2As by means of magneto-optical imaging (MOI) technique. The single crystals were grown out of FeAs flux while polycrystalline sample was grown by hot-press. A MOI film with in-plan magnetization was used to visualize flux distributions at the sample surface. A series of magneto-optical images was taken when the samples were zero-field cooled and field cooled. The flux behavior, including penetration into and expelling from the samples, as well as pinning properties were studied. When external fields increase, …


Reduction Of Superconducting Transition Temperature And Flux Pinning In Al And C Codoped Mgb2 With Insight From First-Principles Calculations, Aihua Li, Xiaolin Wang, S X. Dou, Qiwen Yao, Zhenxiang Cheng, Saeid Soltanian, J M. Yoo, P Munroe Jun 2013

Reduction Of Superconducting Transition Temperature And Flux Pinning In Al And C Codoped Mgb2 With Insight From First-Principles Calculations, Aihua Li, Xiaolin Wang, S X. Dou, Qiwen Yao, Zhenxiang Cheng, Saeid Soltanian, J M. Yoo, P Munroe

Shi Xue Dou

We report for the first time the Al and C codoping effect on the structures and superconductivity in MgB2. It was found that both the lattice parameters and the Tc decreased monotonically with increasing doping level of both Al and C. The Tc dropped to 27.5 and 7 K for x=0.2 and for x =0.4, respectively. The reduction of Tc for the codoping was found to be quicker than for individual Al doping and slower than for individual C doping at the same doping levels. First-principles calculations indicated that the observed decrease in Tc …


Magnetic And Superconducting Properties Of Spin-Fluctuation-Limited Superconducting Nanoscale Vnx, R Zeng, J Liu, G Du, W. X. Li, J Wang, J Horvat, S X. Dou Jun 2013

Magnetic And Superconducting Properties Of Spin-Fluctuation-Limited Superconducting Nanoscale Vnx, R Zeng, J Liu, G Du, W. X. Li, J Wang, J Horvat, S X. Dou

Shi Xue Dou

"VNx nanoparticles and nanowires have been prepared by nitrifying V2O5 nanoparticles (NP) and nanowires (NW). The V2O5 NP and NW were synthesized by a facile hydrothermal method. Magnetic susceptibility (chi) and magnetization measurements showed long range superconducting ordering (LRSO) at the temperature of 5.8 K for NW, but there was no observation of LRSO (at least down to 2 K) for the NP sample, which is a much lower temperature than for the corresponding bulk, while both NP and NW showed the absence of long range magnetic ordering, at least down to 2 K. However, the chi data showed that …


Superconducting Properties Of Carbonaceous Chemical Doped Mgb2, Wenxian Li, S X. Dou Jun 2013

Superconducting Properties Of Carbonaceous Chemical Doped Mgb2, Wenxian Li, S X. Dou

Shi Xue Dou

The discovery of superconductivity in magnesium diboride (MgB2: 39 K, in January 2001) (Nagamatsu et al., 2001) has generated enormous interest and excitement in the superconductivity community and the world in general, but especially among researchers into superconductivity in non-oxide and boron related compounds.


Correlation Between Doping Induced Disorder And Superconducting Properties In Carbohydrate Doped Mgb2, Jung Ho Kim, S X. Dou, Sangjun Oh, M Jercinovic, E Babic, T Nakane, Hiroaki Kumakura Jun 2013

Correlation Between Doping Induced Disorder And Superconducting Properties In Carbohydrate Doped Mgb2, Jung Ho Kim, S X. Dou, Sangjun Oh, M Jercinovic, E Babic, T Nakane, Hiroaki Kumakura

Shi Xue Dou

A comprehensive study of the effects of carbohydrate doping on the superconductivity of MgB2 has been conducted. In accordance with the dual reaction model, more carbon substitution is achieved at lower sintering temperature. As the sintering temperature is lowered, lattice disorder is increased. Disorder is an important factor determining the transition temperature for the samples studied in this work, as evidenced from the correlations among the lattice strain, the resistivity, and the transition temperature. It is further shown that the increased critical current density in the high field region can be understood by a recently-proposed percolation model [M. Eisterer et …


Very Strong Intrinsic Flux Pinning And Vortex Avalanches In (Ba, K)Fe2as2 Superconducting Single Crystals, Xiaolin Wang, Shaban R. Ghorbani, Sung-Ik Lee, S X. Dou, C T Lin, T H. Johansen, K.H Muller, Zhenxiang Cheng, Germanas Peleckis, M Shabazi, A.J Qviller, V Yurchenko, G.L Sun, D.L Sun Jun 2013

Very Strong Intrinsic Flux Pinning And Vortex Avalanches In (Ba, K)Fe2as2 Superconducting Single Crystals, Xiaolin Wang, Shaban R. Ghorbani, Sung-Ik Lee, S X. Dou, C T Lin, T H. Johansen, K.H Muller, Zhenxiang Cheng, Germanas Peleckis, M Shabazi, A.J Qviller, V Yurchenko, G.L Sun, D.L Sun

Shi Xue Dou

We report that the (Ba,K)Fe2As2 crystal with Tc=32 K shows a pinning potential, U0, as high as 104 K, with U0 showing very little field dependence. The (Ba,K)Fe2As2 single crystals become isotropic at low temperatures and high magnetic fields, resulting in a very rigid vortex lattice, even in fields very close to Hc2. The isotropic rigid vortices observed in the two-dimensional (2D) (Ba,K)Fe2As2 distinguish this compound from 2D high-Tc cuprate superconductors with 2D vortices. The vortex avalanches were also observed at low temperatures in the (Ba,K)Fe2As2 crystal. It is proposed that it is the K substitution that induces both almost …


Structurally Homogeneous Mgb2 Superconducting Wires Through Economical Wet Mixing Process, Md Shahriar A. Hossain, Ashkan Motaman, Xun Xu, Khay Way See, Ozlem Cicek, Hasan Agil, Ercan Ertekin, Ali Gencer, Kookchae Cheong, Minoru Maeda, S X. Dou Jun 2013

Structurally Homogeneous Mgb2 Superconducting Wires Through Economical Wet Mixing Process, Md Shahriar A. Hossain, Ashkan Motaman, Xun Xu, Khay Way See, Ozlem Cicek, Hasan Agil, Ercan Ertekin, Ali Gencer, Kookchae Cheong, Minoru Maeda, S X. Dou

Shi Xue Dou

We evaluate the effects of the mixing process between the starting materials on the structural and superconducting properties of carbon-doped MgB2 wires. The critical current density, n-value, amount of MgO, and critical temperature are obviously dependent on the mixing process, while the microstructure, i.e., grain size, is not sensitive. In our study, the wet-mixing process in toluene enables more homogenous mixing between the starting materials, resulting in superior J(c) and n-value.