• Progress in Superconductivity
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.69-73
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• 2004

Ni alloy tape is electropolished to be used as a metal substrate for fabrication of IBAD (ion-Beam Assisted Deposition)-MgO texture template fur HTS coated conductor. Electropolishing is needed to obtain a very smooth surface of Ni alloy tape because the in-plane texture of templates is sensitive to the roughness of metal substrate. The critical current of YBCO coated conductor depends on the texture of YBCO that depends on the texture of the IBAD MgO layer. And so the smoothness of the metal substrate is directly related to the superconducting properties of the coated conductor. In this study, we have prepared a reel-to-reel electropolishing apparatus to polish the Ni alloy tapes for IBAD. Various electropolishing conditions were investigated to improve the surface roughness. Hastelloy tape is continuously electropolished with high polishing current density (0.5 ∼ 2 A/$\textrm{cm}^2$) and fast processing time (1 ∼ 3 min). Polished hastelloy tapes have surface roughness(RMS) of below 1 nm on a 5 ${\times}$ 5 $\mu\m^2$ from AFM and SEM.

• Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.7-10
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• 2004

A study regarding the epitaxial growth of single $Y_2O_3$ buffer layer on biaxially textured Ni and NiW substrates using pulsed laser deposition is presented. Different deposition conditions were employed and compared in order to obtain good epitaxial $Y_2O_3$ film, furthermore importantly, to obtain good YBCO superconducting films. Following YBCO film deposited by PLD on the top of $Y_2O_3$ films have a good structure and superconducting properties. The J$_{c}$ of YBCO films on $Y_2O_3$ /Ni and $Y_2O_3$ /NiW were $1.0{\times}10^6 A/cm^2 and 1.1\times}10^6 A/cm^2$<.TEX> at 77K and self-field respectively, which indicated that $Y_2O_3$ is a suitable candidate as a single buffer layer for the fabrication of YBCO coated conductor.r.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Applied Superconductivity and Cryogenics Conference
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• 2003.02a
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• pp.98-100
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• 2003

PbTiO$_3$ films applicable to buffer layers for YBCO coated conductor have been successfully fabricated by sol-gel process. Crystallinity of grown films are heavily dependent on processing parameters such as annealing atmosphere and number of dipping. (100) oreinted PbTiO$_3$ films grown on (200) oriented Ni substrates exhibit uniform surface with small grain size(200~300nm).

• Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.1-4
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• 2009

Mechanical and electrical properties of silver stabilizer layer of coated conductor, which as prepared with nano silver paste as starting materials, have been investigated, Nano silver paste was coated on a YBCO film by dip coating process at a diping speed of 20m/min. Coated film was dried in air and heat treated at $400{\sim}700^{\circ}C$ in an oxygen atmosphere. Adhesion strength between YBCO and silver layer was measured by a tape est(ASTM D 3359). Hardness and electrical conductivity of the samples were measured by pencil hardness test (ASTM D 3363) and volume resistance test by LORESTA-GP (MITSHUBISHD, respectively. The sample heat-treated at $500^{\circ}C$ showed poor adhesion 1B, but samples heat treated at higher than $600^{\circ}C$ showed enhanced adhesion of 5B. The silver layer heat-treated at $700^{\circ}C$ showed the high hardness value larger than 9 H, low volume resistance, surface resistance value as well as superior current carrying capacity compared to sputtered silver. SEM observations showed that a dense silver layer was formed with a thickness of about $2{\mu}m$. Dip coated silver layer prepared by using nano silver paste showed superior electrical and mechanical characteristics.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Applied Superconductivity and Cryogenics Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.24-26
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• 2003

We fabricated Ni and Ni alloy substrates for YBCO coated conductors. The Ni and Ni alloy substrate was fabricated by powder metallurgy technique and cold rolling. The texture of substrates had a strong 4-fold symmetry and ［111］∥ND texture after annealing temperature of 100$0^{\circ}C$. The measured full-width half-maximum (FWHM) of in-plane and out-of-plane was in the range of 6$^{\circ}$-10$^{\circ}$. The powder metallurgy technique is fabrication of the substrates for considered to be suitable for the application of YBCO coated conductors.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2005.07b
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• pp.1222-1224
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• 2005

AC loss is an important factor in the development of superconducting tapes and superconducting power applications. In this paper, magnetization loss in YBCO coated conductor have been measured and compared with Brandt equation. Measurements of magnetization loss were performed under various angles of external magnetic field to consider the anisotropic characteristics of YBCO coated conductors. The results show that measured values of magnetization loss agreed well with the calculated value by using Brandt equation, especially at large degrees of incidence angle. The magnetization losses were strongly influenced by the direction of external magnet field as were expected.

• 한국초전도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2009.07a
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• pp.81-81
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• 2009

• 한국초전도학회:학술대회논문집
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• v.12
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• pp.65-65
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• 2002

• 한국초전도학회:학술대회논문집
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• v.15
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• pp.94-94
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• 2005

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2005.07c
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• pp.1841-1843
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• 2005

냉간 압연과 열처리 공정을 통해 2축 배향성을 가지는 금속 기판 위에 산화물 박막을 중착 시켜 같은 정도의 2축 배향성을 갖도록 제조된 RABiTS template 위에 YBCO 초전도체를 PLD 방법으로 증착하여 YBCO coated conductor 선재를 제조하였다. RABiTS template은 $NiW/Y_2O_3/YSZ/CeO_2$ 구조로 DC reactive sputtering와 PLD 방법에 의해 증착되었다. 모든 공정은 reel-to-reel 방식의 연속 공정으로 이루어졌다. 1m와 10m급의 장선 고온초전도선재를 제조하고, 이에 대한 전기적 특성과 초전도 및 다층 산화물 완충층에 대한 결정성, 표면 특성에 대한 분석을 수행하였다. 그 결과 1m 길이에서 end-to-end 107A와 10.6m 길이에서 end-to-end 51A의 임계 전류를 획득하였다. 제조된 박막형 선재의 초전도 층과 다층의 산화물 완충층 모두 금속 기판의 결정성을 그대로 유지하면서, epitaxial하게 성장하였으며, 최종 YBCO의 in-plane FWHM 값은 > $9^{\circ}$를 유지하였다.