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In-field Performance Comparison and Vortex Pinning Analysis in Depth of Pristine and BaHfO3-Doped Y0.5Gd0.5Ba2Cu3O7-δ Films in Different Temperature Regions

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Pristine Y0.5Gd0.5Ba2Cu3O7-δ films and Y0.5Gd0.5Ba2Cu3O7-δ films with additional 1 mol% and 3 mol% BaHfO3 secondary phases were fabricated on a CeO2 layer, and the microstructure and superconducting properties in the liquid helium, hydrogen, and nitrogen temperature regions were compared. BaHfO3 dopants exist in the form of nanorods and cause lengthening of the Y0.5Gd0.5Ba2Cu3O7-δ c-axis lattice and degradation of the texture due to the strain field, which, in turn, reduces the critical temperature and self-field critical current density. The field and temperature dependences of the transport characteristics were investigated in an applied magnetic field normal to the film by up to 9 T. The fitting on the normalized pinning force density shows effective modulation in the flux creep by doping BaHfO3 over a wide temperature range, which is more significant with increasing doping concentrations. The analysis of the pinning contribution weight confirmed enhancement of the strong pinning by the BaHfO3 nanorods over the entire temperature range, which further explained the weakened attenuation of the current transport capacity in the BaHfO3-doped films with an increasing field. The angular dependence measurement at 77.3 K showed that the BaHfO3 nanorods along the c-axis effectively consolidated the pinning ability approaching the main growth orientation, which leads to improved in-field Jc anisotropy.

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Ye, J., Mou, S., Zhu, R. et al. In-field Performance Comparison and Vortex Pinning Analysis in Depth of Pristine and BaHfO3-Doped Y0.5Gd0.5Ba2Cu3O7-δ Films in Different Temperature Regions. J Supercond Nov Magn 35, 3505–3520 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-022-06427-x

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