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SUPERCONDUCTOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Volume 23, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0953-2048/23/1/014008
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- Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC [DE-AC02-98CH10886]
- US Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences [DE-AC02-98CH10886]
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The purpose of this study is to enhance properties of the second-generation wires by increasing the density of Y1Ba2Cu3O7 (YBCO) nucleation centers on the surface of the ceria buffer. To identify the nature of the nucleation centers, we compare nucleation kinetics and performance of YBCO layers deposited by the metal-organic process on a standard RABiTS tape to YBCO on ceria buffers with well-controlled structure and surface morphology. The structure of the YBCO layer at the early stage of nucleation and growth is determined by high-flux synchrotron x-ray diffraction. It is shown that the best buffers exhibit high YBCO nucleation rates and produce YBCO nuclei with the least cation disorder. The high YBCO nucleation rate is associated with a high density of threading dislocation outcrops. A strategy for buffer optimization is identified.
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