High Magnetic Field Properties of Critical Current Density in rm Y₁rm Ba₂rm Cu₃rm O₇-delta Coated Conductor Fabricated by Improved TFA-MOD Process

Current transport characteristics in a Y/sub 1/Ba/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 7-/spl delta// (YBCO) coated conductor fabricated by a trifluoroacetates-metal organic deposition (TFA-MOD) process were investigated over a wide range of temperature and magnetic field up to 25 T. Improved TFA-MOD process was successfully introduced for the better property of critical current density, J/sub c/, at high magnetic fields. The J/sub c/ and critical current, I/sub c/, values of multi-coated film with 1.2 /spl mu/m thickness and 1 cm width were 2.1 MA/cm/sup 2/ and 251 A at 77 K in self-field. Additionally, the superior J/sub c/ properties remained even at high magnetic fields over 20 T and lower temperature, e.g. J/sub c/ value at 30 K in 25 T was 1.0 MA/cm/sup 2/. The J/sub c/ value was about 2.5 times higher than those of previous TFA-MOD process at wide range of magnetic field. Moreover, the statistical distribution of J/sub c/ in the conductor was also estimated within a framework of the percolation model. The uniformity in the YBCO coated conductor was improved by optimizing the TFA-MOD process.