YBa_2Cu_3O_(7-x)(YBCO)膜存在"厚度效应":随着厚度增加,YBCO薄膜的临界电流密度下降,尤其是YBCO薄膜的厚度超过1μm时,它的临界电流密度急剧下降.本文在YBCO薄膜之间引入极薄的二氧化铈(CeO_2)薄膜,成功制备出结构为YBCO/YBCO/CeO_2/YBCO的超导厚膜.所制备的厚度为2μm的YBCO膜临界电流密度为1.36 MA/cm^2(77 K,自场),其性能比相同厚度的纯YBCO膜有了较大幅度的提升.研究表明CeO_2薄膜起到了传递织构、松弛应力的作用.
In YBa_2Cu_3O_(7-x)(YBCO) film there exists "thickness effect":the critical current density of YBCO film drops precipitously as the coating thickness increases,especially in the case that the thickness of YBCO film exceeds 1 μm.In this paper,we introduce very thin layers of CeO_2 into YBCO layers and successfully fabricate the structure of YBCO/YBCO/CeO_2/YBCO superconducting thick film.Firstly,YBCO films with two layers are fabricated on a LaAlO_3 substrate by a multiple coatings process using a trifluoroacetate metal organic deposition method.Secondly,CeO_2 thin films are deposited on YBCO films by RF-sputtering.Finally,we prepare the third YBCO film on CeO_2 interlayer.No cracks are observed in scanning electron microscopy images of these films;further,the majority of the grains in the films are well-textured and c-axis oriented.The full-width-half-maximum of the out-of-plane texture is measured to be 1.395?for the multilayer YBCO film at a thickness of 2 μm Using this multilayer technology,we achieve Jc values of up to1.36 MA/cm~2(77 K,self-field) in films as thick as 2 μm,for an extrapolated critical current of 272 A/cm.We attribute the enhanced performance of the thick YBCO film to the CeO_2 interlayer which playsan important role in transmission texture and stress relaxation.