Effect of temperature and film thickness on microstructure and residual stress for YbBCO-coated conductors


Arda L., Ataoğlu Ş.

JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS, cilt.471, ss.282-290, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 471
  • Basım Tarihi: 2009
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2008.03.091
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.282-290
  • İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The rare-earth mixed oxide (Gd(1-x)Ho(x))(2)O(3) and the superconductor YbBa(2)Cu(3)O(7-x) were prepared by sol-gel synthesis using metal-organic precursors. Textured Gd(1.802)Ho(0.198)O(3) buffer layers were grown on biaxially textured Ni (100) substrates. YbBa(2)Cu(3)O(7-x) layers were epitaxially grown on the Gd(1.802)Ho(0.198)O(3)-coated Ni substrates using the reel-to-reel sol-gel dip coating system. Different thicknesses of superconducting layers, annealed at various temperatures, were tried to observe the effects of thickness and temperature on residual stress and microstructure properties. Residual stress in the YbBCO/Gd(1.802)Ho(0.198)O(3)/Ni was calculated analytically. The results showed that variation of residual stress along the thickness of structure ( Ni substrate, buffer layer and YbBCO film) was constant. We also observed that the Ni substrate is under tension while buffer layer was under compression in the case of without YbBCO layer. However the residual stress was under compression in the case of YbBCO in all layers. The surface morphologies and microstructure of all samples were characterized by environmental scanning electron microscope (ESEM), atomic force microscope (AFM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The pole figure texture analyses of Ni substrate, Gd(1.802)Ho(0.198)O(3) buffer layers and YbBCO film have shown a single cube-on-cube textured structure. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.