“…In order to improve the J c value, many doping, substitution and addition have been made into the MgB 2 starting material. The effect of the additions of SiC [9,10], Si 3 N 4 [11], Nb x B 2 [8], MgO [12], C [13], Al [14], WSi 2 [15], Fe [16], B 4 C [17], Ti [18], Mn [19] nano-particles on the flux- * Corresponding author. Tel.…”