High-Temperature (Cu,C)Ba2Ca3Cu4Oy Superconducting Films with Large Irreversible Fields Grown on SrLaAlO4 Substrates by Pulsed Laser Deposition
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Preparation of the (Cu,C)-1234 Target
2.2. Deposition of the (Cu,C)-1234 Films
2.3. Characterization Techniques
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Method | Film Types | Substrate | Tconset (K) | Tc0 (K) | References |
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PLD | Ba2Ca3Cu4CO3O8 | LaAlO3(l00) | 80–100 | 58 | [15,16,17] |
Ba2Ca3Cu4O8CO3 | 110 | 75 | [18] | ||
(Cu,C)-1234 | 115 | 78 | [19] | ||
(Cu,C)-1234 | 118 | 96 | [20,21] | ||
Sputtering | Ba2CuO2(CO3) | SrTiO3(00l) | 40-50 | 4.2 | [22] |
MBE | (Cu,C)-1234 | NdGaO3(l00) | 105 | 55 | [23,24] |
SrLaGaO4(00l) | 90 | 15 |
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Li, Y.; Liu, Z.; Zhu, P.; He, J.; Cai, C. High-Temperature (Cu,C)Ba2Ca3Cu4Oy Superconducting Films with Large Irreversible Fields Grown on SrLaAlO4 Substrates by Pulsed Laser Deposition. Crystals 2024, 14, 514. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst14060514
Li Y, Liu Z, Zhu P, He J, Cai C. High-Temperature (Cu,C)Ba2Ca3Cu4Oy Superconducting Films with Large Irreversible Fields Grown on SrLaAlO4 Substrates by Pulsed Laser Deposition. Crystals. 2024; 14(6):514. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst14060514
Chicago/Turabian StyleLi, Yugang, Zhiyong Liu, Ping Zhu, Jinyu He, and Chuanbing Cai. 2024. "High-Temperature (Cu,C)Ba2Ca3Cu4Oy Superconducting Films with Large Irreversible Fields Grown on SrLaAlO4 Substrates by Pulsed Laser Deposition" Crystals 14, no. 6: 514. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst14060514
APA StyleLi, Y., Liu, Z., Zhu, P., He, J., & Cai, C. (2024). High-Temperature (Cu,C)Ba2Ca3Cu4Oy Superconducting Films with Large Irreversible Fields Grown on SrLaAlO4 Substrates by Pulsed Laser Deposition. Crystals, 14(6), 514. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst14060514