Growth and Optimization of High-Performance Thick Rebco Films for Application over a Wide Range of Temperature (77 - 4.2) K and Magnetic Fields (0 – 15) T

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dc.contributor.advisorSelvamanickam, Venkat
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMeen, James K.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberArdebili, Haleh
dc.contributor.committeeMemberRyou, Jae-Hyun
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBao, Jiming
dc.creatorPratap, Rudra
dc.creator.orcid0000-0001-9888-1923
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-08T03:16:39Z
dc.date.createdAugust 2019
dc.date.issued2019-08
dc.date.submittedAugust 2019
dc.date.updated2019-11-08T03:16:40Z
dc.description.abstractRare Earth Barium Copper Oxide (REBCO) coated conductors are the only superconductors with a potential for applications over broad range of temperature (77 K – 4.2 K) and wide range of fields (0 – 20 T and above). However, its high cost compared with other available superconductors is a major bottleneck in realizing its desired potential and wide range of applicability. Reducing cost of REBCO in terms of ($/kA-m) can be accomplished by further improving the engineering current density (Je) of these superconductors and reducing the manufacturing cost. Je can be improved in two different ways - by incorporating pinning centers and by increasing thickness (> 2 μm) without deterioration of critical current density (Jc). Increasing pinning centers has a certain limit, after which the critical current degrades. Increasing thickness of REBCO without any deterioration in Jc is a direct way forward to achieving high Je. However, increasing thickness (> 2 μm) of REBCO has always led to decrease in Jc, independent of the deposition method used. The major obstacle here is poor process control, a high Jc could not be maintained along the thickness, while growing thicker films (> 2 μm). In the present work, thick (3.5 -5 μm) undoped and doped REBCO films were grown using an advanced MOCVD (A-MOCVD) reactor. Several different studies have been conducted to optimize compositions in order to achieve high performance for high temperature, low field application with good isotropic behavior and for low temperature, medium - high field applications. Record high Ic of 1440 A/cm at 65 K, 1.5 T (B || c-axis) and a minimum Ic of 1740 A/cm at 65 K, 0.25 T have been attained in 4.7 μm 5 mol% Hf-doped REBCO films. Also, engineering current density (Je) over 5 kA/mm2 (∼ 5X Nb3Sn) has been achieved in a 4.8 μm thick, 15 mol% Zr-doped REBCO at 4.2 K, 14 T ( B parallel to c-axis).
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dc.identifier.citationPortions of this document appear in: Pratap, Rudra, Goran Majkic, Eduard Galstyan, Girupaakaran Mohanasundaram, Sanku Chakradhar, and Venkat Selvamanickam. "Growth of High-Performance Thick Film REBCO Tapes Using Advanced MOCVD." IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 29, no. 5 (2019): 1-5. And in: Majkic, Goran, Rudra Pratap, Aixia Xu, Eduard Galstyan, Hugh C. Higley, Soren O. Prestemon, Xiaorong Wang, Dmytro Abraimov, Jan Jaroszynski, and Venkat Selvamanickam. "Engineering current density over 5 kA mm− 2 at 4.2 K, 14 T in thick film REBCO tapes." Superconductor Science and Technology 31, no. 10 (2018): 10LT01.
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dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectHigh-temperature superconductors
dc.subjectMOCVD
dc.subjectSuperconducting films
dc.subjectFlux pinning
dc.subjectCritical current
dc.subjectYBCO
dc.subjectThick REBCO films
dc.titleGrowth and Optimization of High-Performance Thick Rebco Films for Application over a Wide Range of Temperature (77 - 4.2) K and Magnetic Fields (0 – 15) T
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dc.type.genreThesis
local.embargo.lift2021-08-01
local.embargo.terms2021-08-01
thesis.degree.collegeCullen College of Engineering
thesis.degree.departmentMechanical Engineering
thesis.degree.disciplineMaterials Engineering
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Houston
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy

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