Versatile new metalorganic process for preparing superconducting thin films
Gross, M. E. ; Hong, M. ; Liou, S. H. ; Gallagher, P. K. ; Kwo, J.
Woodbury, NY : American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Published 1988
Woodbury, NY : American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Published 1988
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1077-3118
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AIP Digital Archive
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Physics
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A new technique for producing thin films of the high-temperature perovskite superconductors, LnBa2Cu3O7−x, where Ln represents a rare-earth element, using spin-on metalorganic precursors is described. Pyrolysis of the spin-coated films, consisting of mixed metal (2-ethyl hexanoates), leads to black films up to several microns thick whose degree of orientation is a function of the processing temperature and duration. Representative films of YBa2Cu3O7−x on MgO begin to exhibit orientation with the c axis perpendicular to the film plane at heat treatments above 900 °C. The superconducting behavior of a highly oriented film produced at 990 °C is characterized by Tc(onset)=89 K, Tc(R=0)=77 K, and Jc=103 A cm−2 at 65 K.
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Electronic Resource
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