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Percolative current flow in high-Jc, polycrystalline high-Tc superconductors

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In this article, experiments designed to ascertain the percolative nature of current flow in high critical-current density (Jc) polycrystalline superconductors are reviewed. A direct correlation between the grain-orientation texture with current transport in high-Jc TlB2Ca2Cu3Ox thick films and Bi2Sr2Ca2Cu3Ox powder-in-tube tapes is obtained. Magnetooptical visualization of the current flow in the same regions confirms the percolative nature of current flow. Furthermore, numerical modeling of the current flow based on the observed grain boundary character distribution and the effects of the grain boundary misorientation angle on (Jc) was found to predict the percolative nature of current flow. These studies indicate that in order to increase the (Jc) further, increased fractions of small-angle boundaries are required and, hence, provide a research direction for the next generation of high-temperature superconducting wire.

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  1. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), USA

    A. Goyal Ph.D. (materials scientist, member of TMS), E. D. Specht Ph.D. (research staff), D. K. Christen Ph.D. (group leader) & D. M. Kroeger Ph.D. (group leader)

  2. University of Wisconsin, USA

    A. Pashitski M.S. (research assistant), A. Polyanskii Ph.D. (visiting scientist) & D. C. Larbalestier Ph.D. (L.V. Shakminov Professor, member of TMS)

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Goyal, A., Specht, E.D., Christen, D.K. et al. Percolative current flow in high-Jc, polycrystalline high-Tc superconductors. JOM 48, 24–29 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03223097

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