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Fabrication and Characterization of YBCO Thin Film Co-doped with BYNO + LAO Nanoparticles

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This study aims to enhance the critical current density (Jc) of a YBa2Cu3O7-x (YBCO) film by adding more pinning centers and reducing defects. Perovskite nanomaterials with positive and negative mismatch lattices with respect to YBCO were simultaneously doped on a YBCO film using a low-fluorine metal organic deposition technique. The co-doping with both positive and negative mismatch dopant was revealed to be effective at up to 10%, as compared with the previously reported amount for single nanoparticles (i.e., 7%). At doping levels of 8 mol% Ba2YNbO6 (positively mismatch perovskite) and 2 mol% LaAlO3 (negatively mismatch perovskite), the surface of the film was observed to be flat and dense with an improved critical current density and pinning force. The positive and negative mismatched lattice eliminated the long-range strains and introduced crystal defects; thus, the pinning centers became more effective. This study describes a feasible approach regarding the positive-negative mismatch theory by providing an optimal design for the effective pinning centers of a YBCO film. This approach can open a gateway for advanced applications of second-generation high-temperature coated conductors at the industrial level.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51702316, and 11745005), the General Program of Science and Technology Development Project of Beijing Municipal Education Commission of China (KM201810005010), 211 Program of Beijing City and Beijing University of Technology, and the Program of Top Disciplines Construction in Beijing (PXM2019_014204_500031) and the International Partnership Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (182111KYSB20170039 and 182111KYSB20170067), Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2020143), Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences, CAS (ZDBS-LY- JSC039).

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    Yu-Qi Zhou, Hong-Li Suo, Ya Wang, Kausar Shaheen, Min Liu & Lin Ma

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    Lei Wang & Zi-Li Zhang

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation and data collection and analysis were performed by Zhou Yu-Qi and Wang Ya. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Zhou Yu-Qi, and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Zhou, YQ., Suo, HL., Wang, Y. et al. Fabrication and Characterization of YBCO Thin Film Co-doped with BYNO + LAO Nanoparticles. J Supercond Nov Magn 33, 3687–3693 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-020-05636-6

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