• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.7-16
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• 2014

Rare-earth barium copper oxide (REBCO) coated conductor (CC) tapes have already been commercialized but still possess some issues in terms of manufacturing cost, anisotropic in-field performance, $I_c$ response to mechanical loads such as delamination, homogeneity of current transport property, and production length. Development on improving its performance properties to meet the needs in practical device applications is underway and simplification of the tape's architecture and manufacturing process are also being considered to enhance the performance-cost ratio. As compared to low temperature superconductors (LTS), high temperature superconductor (HTS) REBCO CC tapes provide a much wider range of operating temperature and a higher critical current density at 4.2 K making it more attractive in magnet and coil applications. The superior properties of the REBCO CC tapes under magnetic field have led to the development of superconducting magnets capable of producing field way above 23.5 T. In order to achieve its optimum performance, the electromechanical properties under different deformation modes and magnetic field should be evaluated for practical device design. This paper gives an overview of the effects of mechanical stress/strain on $I_c$ in HTS CC tapes due to uniaxial tension, bending deformation, transverse load, and including the electrical performance of a CC tape joint which were performed by our group at ANU in the last decade.

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.182-187
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• 2008

Carbon was known to be one of effective additives which can improve the flux pinning of $MgB_2$ at high magnetic fields. In this study, glycerin $(C_3H_8O_3)$ was selected as a chemical carbon source for the improvement of critical current density of $MgB_2$. In order to replace some of boron atoms by carbon atoms, the boron powder was heat-treated with liquid glycerin. The glycerin-treated boron powder was mixed with an appropriate amount of magnesium powder to $MgB_2$ composition and the powder pallets were heat treated at $650^{\circ}C\;and\;900^{\circ}C$ for 30 min in a flowing argon gas. It was found that the superconducting transition temperature $(T_c)$ of $Mg(B_{1-x}C_x)_2$ prepared using glycerin-treated boron powder was 36.6 K, which is slightly smaller than $T_c$(37.1 K) of undoped $MgB_2$. The critical current density $(J_c)$ of $Mg(B_{1-x}C_x)_2$ was higher than that of undoped $MgB_2$ and the $T_c$ improvement effect was more remarkable at higher magnetic fields. The $T_c$, decrease and $J_c$ increase associated with the glycerin treatment for boron powder was explained in terms of the carbon substitution to boron site.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.83-87
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• 2003

부유대역용융성장법을 이용한 $(Nd/Y)_{1.8}Ba_{}2.4Cu_{3.4}O_{7-x}$[이하 (Nd/Y)1.8]계 고온초전도체를 대기 중에서 용융성장실험을 하였다. 용융성장에 사용된 (Nd/Y)1.8 시편은 rubber 몰드를 이용해 냉간정수압성형(CIP) 과정을 거쳐 길이방향 원통 형상으로 제조되었다. 용융성장 된 (Nd/Y)1.8 초전도체는 SEM, TEM 그리고 SQUID magnetometer를 이용해 미세구조 및 초전도특성을을 평가하였다. 특히 용융성장 된 (Nd/Y)1.8 초전도체의 SEM에 의한 미세구조 관측 결과 초전도상인 (Nd/Y)123 matrix 내에 비초전도상인 (Nd/Y)211 inclusions이 균질하게 분포되어 있는 것이 관측되었다. 또한 용융성장 된 (Nd/Y)1.8 초전도체는 90K에서 임계온도가 시작되어 77K 이상의 온도에서 포화되는 특성을 보였다.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.32-37
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• 2000

Effect of alloying element additions to Ag on thermal conductivity and electrical conductivity of sheath materials for Bi-Pb-Sr-Ca-Cu-O(BSCCO) tapes has been characterized. The thermal conductivity at low temperature range (10~300K) of Ag and Ag alloys were evaluated by both direct and indirect measurement techniqueas and compared with each other, It was observed that the thermal conductivity decreases with increasing the content of alloying element such as Au, Pd and Mg. Thermal conductivity of pure Ag at 3 0K was measured to be 994.0 W(m.K) on the other hand, the corresponding values of $Ag_{0.9995}Mg_{0.0005}$, $Ag_{0.974}$, $Au_{0.025}$, $Mg_{0.001}$, $Ab_{0.973}$, $Au_{0.025}$, $Mg_{0.002}$ and $Ag_{0.92}$, $Pb_{0.06}$, $Mg_{0.02}$ were 342.6, 62.1, 59.2 and 28.9 W(m.K), respectively, indicating 3 to 30 times lower than that of pure Ag. In addition, the thermal conductivity of pure Ag measured by direct and indirect measurement techniques was 303.2 and 363.8 W(m.K) The difference in this study is considered to be within an acceptable error range compared to the reference data.

• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.30-33
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• 2012

A double pancake winding method is widely used to make the superconducting magnet, using high temperature superconductor (HTS) tape. In the double pancake winding method, the joints with contact resistances between double pancake coils are inevitably needed. The electrical joule heating on the contacts causes refrigerant loss during operation. And a space outside the winding, for splices and mechanical support, is more than that for its layer-wound equivalent. In this paper, a double pancake winding method in order to reduce the number of the joints was proposed. Both of the double pancake coils using the conventional winding method and the proposed winding method have been fabricated and tested to make the solution technically feasible in the double pancake winding method. Especially, critical-current tests of the fabricated double pancake coils were conducted in order to show the same performance and confirm contact resistances between double pancake coils.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.289-291
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• 1988

The ratio of trivalent to divalent copper has been determined by the redox titration for two superconducting phases of $YBa_2Cu^{3+}_{2x}Cu^{2+}_{3-2x}O_{6.5+x}$ with the onset temp. of 60K (x = 0.23 ${\pm}$ 0.01) and 90K (x = 0.35 ${\pm}$ 0.02), and for the insulating one (x ${\cong}$ 0) which was kept in an ambient atmosphere for 72 hrs. It is found that $T_c$, and the ratio of $Cu^{3+}/Cu^{2+}$ depend strongly on the annealing temperature and time. A typical orthorhombic phase can easily be obtained by a slow cooling or stepwise cooling at $PO_2$ = 1 atm, and shows a high Tc (ca. 90K) superconductivity.

• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.32-36
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• 2007

On the contrary of a conventional motor with very narrow air-gap. it is difficult to calculate the accurate magnetic field distribution and the performance of an air-cored superconducting motor by 2 dimensional analysis. which does not use high permeability material except outer machine shield. This paper aims to do analysis of magnetic field and force distribution from the 3 dimensional modelling of a 1MW class superconducting synchronous motor. Especially. the field coil composed of Bi-2223 high-temperature superconductor and the outer machine shield are modelled by finite element analysis software according to their structures and the self-inductance and Lorentz force are calculated based on the 3 dimensional magnetic field calculation. Moreover. the influence of an important parameter, synchronous reactance, has been analyzed on the machine performances such as voltage variation and output power.

• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.9-14
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• 2016

The effect of the size and shape of magnesium(Mg) powder on the formation of $MgB_2$ and the critical current density($J_{c,}$) of $MgB_2$ bulk was studied. As a precursor for the formation of $MgB_2$, Mg and $MgB_4$ powder, which was synthesized through the reaction of boron (B) with Mg powders, was used. $MgB_4$ was mixed with Mg powders of various sizes, pressed into pellets and heat-treated at $650^{\circ}C-750^{\circ}C$ in flowing argon gas. The XRD analysis of the heat-treated $MgB_2$ samples showed that the volume fraction of $MgB_2$ was the highest as 92.74 % when spherical Mg powder with an average size of $25.7{\mu}m$ was used, whereas the volume fraction was the lowest as 79.64 % when plate-like Mg powder with a size of $34.1{\mu}m$ was used. The superconducting transition temperature ($T_c$) of $MgB_2$ was not sensitive to the characteristics of the Mg powders used. All of the prepared $MgB_2$ samples showed a high $T_c$ of 38.3 K and a small superconducting transition width of 0.2 K-0.5 K. $J_c$ (5 K and 1 T) of $MgB_2$ was the highest as $3.93{\times}10^4A/cm^2$ when spherical Mg powder with a size of $25.7{\mu}m$ was used, whereas $J_c$ was the lowest as $2.18{\times}10^4A/cm^2$when plate-like Mg powder with a size of $34.1{\mu}m$ was used. The relationship between the $J_c$ of $MgB_2$ and the characteristics of the Mg powders used was explained in terms of the volume fraction of $MgB_2$ and the apparent density of the $MgB_2$ pellets.

• 새물리
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• 제68권12호
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• pp.1293-1301
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• 2018

시판 중인 고온초전도 GdBCO 박막선재의 기본적인 자기적 특성들을 PPMS-VSM 장비를 이용하여 조사하였다. ZFC m(T) 곡선으로부터 $T_c$ 는 ~93 K였다. m(H) 배경데이터를 제거한 후, GdBCO 초전도층의 알짜 m(H) 데이터를 얻고, ${\Delta}m_{irr}$ 을 구하였다. $H_{irr}(T)$ 곡선은 $H_{irr}=H_{irr}(0)(1-T/T_c)^n$ 관계식과 잘 일치하고, n 값은 1.19이다. GdBCO 박막선재의 $J_c$ 와 H의 $J_c{\propto}{\Delta}M_{irr}{\propto}{\Delta}m_{irr}{\propto}H^{-{\delta}}$ 관계식의 ${\delta}$ 값으로부터 자속 특성을 조사하였다. 독립적인 자속고정효과를 나타내는 ${\delta}{\approx}0$ 인 영역, 상호작용의 집단적인 자속고정효과를 나타내는 ${\delta}{\approx}0.6{\sim}1.2$인 영역, 그리고 로렌츠 힘을 받아 자속들이 자유롭게 움직이는 ${\delta}{\gg}2$ 영역 등으로 구분할 수 있다. ${\delta}{\approx}0$ 특성에서 ${\delta}{\approx}0.6{\sim}1.2$ 특성으로 변화하는 자기장을 $H_1$ 으로, ${\delta}{\approx}0.6{\sim}1.2$ 특성에서 ${\delta}{\gg}2$ 특성으로 전이하는 자기장을 $H_2$ 라 하였다. $H_1$ < H < $H_2$ 영역에서 ${\delta}(T)$ 관계를 구하였고, 온도가 감소함에 따라 ${\delta}$ 값은 점차적으로 줄어들었다.

• Progress in Superconductivity
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.99-103
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• 2003

We studied the nonequilibrium superconductivity due to tunnel injection of polaronic quasiparticle (QP) from organic photoconductor. The transport properties of an organic copper (II) phthalocyanine (Cu -Pc)/d-wave superconductor were investigated in dark and under ultraviolet (UV) radiation for performance of a novel $high -T_{c}$ superconducting three terminal device. We observed that the injection of polaronic QP from the organic Cu -Pc film into the $Bi_2$S $r_2$$CaCuO_{8+{\delta}}$ film generated a substantially larger nonequilibrium effect as compared to the normal QP injection current. We could increase the current gain by UV excitation of the organic photoconductor injector. The tunneling spectroscopy of a Cu -Pc/BSCCO junction exhibited a small enhancement of the zero bias conductance peak under the W excitation. The above phenomena are of importance in developing optically controlled three terminal superconducting device.e.