Advances in Materials, Devices and Applications of Superconducting Technology

Dear Colleagues,

Superconducting materials hold great potential in bringing radical changes for high-energy and high-field applications such as superconducting magnets, superconducting generators and motors, superconducting cables for power transmission, superconducting fault current limiter, and superconducting magnetic energy storage. It is necessary to elucidate the challenges and benefits of various types of superconducting materials and applications. 

This Special Issue on “Advances in Materials, Devices and Applications of Superconducting Technology” will address the novel techniques, theories, and concepts for the research progress in superconducting materials, devices, and applications. Full articles, short communications, and review papers on theoretical modeling, numerical simulation, and experimental characterization are welcome for submission. Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:

Superconducting materials: material sciences and superconducting characterizations of various types of superconducting materials, such as HTS and LTS composite wires/tapes, films, and bulk superconductors.

Large-scale applications and superconducting power devices: Magnet motors, generators, power transmission lines and cables, transformers, superconducting magnetic energy storage, fault current limiters, superconducting maglev flywheel energy storage, etc.

Mechanical, electromagnetic, and thermal stability: Mechanical failure, electromechanical degradation, loss, stability, and quench characterization of superconductor materials and devices.

Dr. Peifeng Gao
Dr. Ying Xu
Guest Editors

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