Structural and morphological characterization of YBa2Cu3O7-xfilms deposited by screen printing from YBa2Cu3O6.962superconductor in bulk

J. M. Juárez-Lopez, A. Guillén-Cervantes, J. G. Quiones-Galván, K. E. Nieto-Zepeda, O. Zelaya-Angel, J. Santos-Cruz, E. Diáz-Valdés, G. Contreras-Puente, F. De Moure-Flores

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Abstract

YBa2Cu3O7-x films were deposited onto flexible copper substrates by screen printing technique. YBa2Cu3O7-x films were prepared from a YBa2Cu3O7-x superconductor powder with ethylene glycol. The mixtures were screen printed and then sintered in air at different temperatures: 373, 473, and 573 K. The structural characterization showed the presence of different phases; the proportion of phases in films depends on sintering temperature. Scanning electron microscope images showed that an annealing temperature increase leads to an increase in grain size due to a coalescence process, which promotes the growth of superconductor phases with higher oxygen content.

Translated title of the contributionCaracterización estructural y morfológica de películas YBa2Cu3O7-x depositadas por serigrafía a partir del superconductor YBa2Cu3O6.962 a granel
Original languageEnglish
Article number096001
JournalMaterials Research Express
Volume7
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2020

Keywords

  • Screen printing
  • Yba2cu3o7-x superconductor
  • Yba2cu3o7-x thin films

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