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JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
Volume 128, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
AIP Publishing
DOI: 10.1063/5.0013783
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- Office of Science, Office of Fusion Energy Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy [DE-AC02-05CH11231]
- Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) [DE-AC02-05CH11231]
- China Scholarship Council
- Free State of Saxony
- European Regional Development Fund [100336119]
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High-temperature superconductors such as REBa2Cu3O7-delta (REBCO, RE=rare earth) enable high-current cables and high-field magnets. By removing the turn-to-turn insulation in a magnet application, recent experiments demonstrated that REBCO magnets can self-protect against catastrophic damage during a superconducting-to-normal transition (quench), i.e., when the stored magnetic energy rapidly converts to heat. The current can bypass the hot spot during a quench, thereby reducing the localized heat dissipation. The removal of the insulation between turns, however, leads to excessive eddy currents during current ramping, thereby forcing a much-prolonged magnet charging time. To address this issue, we investigate vanadium oxide (VOx) coatings as a temperature-dependent self-switching medium that automatically manages current sharing. VOx coatings (with 1.70 <= x <= to 2.07) were deposited by reactive cathodic arc deposition, initially on insulating glass to determine the electrical properties, and later on commercial REBCO tapes. The coatings are x-ray amorphous but with a short-range crystalline ordering according to Raman spectrometry. The resistivity of VOx decreased by at least three orders of magnitude when the temperature increased from 80 to 300K. The coating process is compatible with commercial REBCO tapes as evidenced by the negligible change in the critical current caused by the coating process. The results from current sharing experiments and circuit analysis suggest that the VOx coating can effectively self-regulate current sharing in REBCO magnets, suppress excessive eddy currents, and enable self-protection during quenches.
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