Abstract
In this paper, the feasibility of producing Fe(Se,Te)-coated conductors on cost-effective, unbuffered Invar 36 substrates is studied. A suitable substrate with a sharp {001}<100> texture and a misorientation angle lower than 10° was developed, and the possibility of growing epitaxial thin films without any buffer layer was demonstrated. It was also shown that the presence of a Fe(Se,Te) seed layer can improve the in- and out-of-plane orientation of the film. A high-resolution scanning electron microscopy study was performed, and the absence of a superconducting transition has been attributed to Ni poisoning based on X-ray microanalysis.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 861851 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-5 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Early online date | 17 Jan 2019 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Aug 2019 |
Keywords
- Substrates
- Heat treatment
- Nickel
- Iron
- Epitaxial growth
- Iron based superconductors
- Fe(Se,Te) thin films
- coated conductors
- invar 36 alloy
- biaxial texturing
- pulsed laser deposition
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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Alexander Lunt
- Department of Mechanical Engineering - Senior Lecturer
- Centre for Integrated Materials, Processes & Structures (IMPS) - Director
- IAAPS
- Institute of Sustainability and Climate Change
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