Texture formation and enhanced critical currents in YBa2Cu3O7

2 May 1988

journal article
research article
Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters

Vol. 52 (18), 1525-1527
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.99696

Abstract

We report an increase of a factor up to 5 in JC on mixing varying amounts of Ag2O with YBa2Cu3O7. The increase correlates with an increase in texture as seen by x-ray diffraction intensities. Microstructure indicates the formation of platelets with c axis normal to the platelets.

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