The biaxially textured growth of superconducting Co-doped BaFe2As2 (Ba-122) thin films has been realized on ion beam assisted deposition (IBAD) MgO coated conductor templates by employing an iron buffer architecture. The iron pnictide coated conductor showed a superconducting transition temperature of 21.5 K, which is slightly lower than that of Co-doped Ba-122 films on single crystalline MgO substrates. A self-field critical current density of over 10 5 A·cm −2 has already been achieved even at 8 K. The current experiment highlights the potential of possible coated conductor applications of the iron-based superconductors.
We demonstrate the growth of Co-doped BaFe2As2 (Ba-122) thin films on AEF2
(001) (AE: Ca, Sr, Ba) single crystal substrates using pulsed laser deposition.
All films are grown epitaxially despite of a large misfit of -10.6% for BaF2
substrate. For all films a reaction layer is formed at the interface confirmed
by X-ray diffraction and by transmission electron microscopy. The
superconducting transition temperature of the film on CaF2 is around 27 K,
whereas the corresponding values of the other films are around 21 K. The Ba-122
on CaF2 shows identical crystalline quality and superconducting properties as
films on Fe-buffered MgO.Comment: 5 pages, 6 figures, 2 table
Optimized, biaxially textured BaFe1.8Co0.2As2 thin films with an in-plane alignment of 1.7° have been realized on high-quality IBAD-textured MgO-coated technical substrates utilizing additional Fe buffer layers. High critical current densities (Jc) were achieved, comparable to films on single crystalline MgO (Jc ≥ 1 MA cm−2 at 4 K, self-field). Transmission electron microscopy investigations reveal a small number of c-axis correlated defects introduced by the MgO template. The effect of these defects on the Jc anisotropy was determined in angular-dependent electronic transport measurements.
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