El lunes y martes 21 y 22 de mayo del 2018 realizamos un Simposio Internacional en la Fundación Ramón Areces, tratando el tema de la superconductividad y presión: una relación fructífera en el camino hacia la superconductividad a temperatura ambiente.
Teresa Puig - Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, ICMAB-CSIC, España.
1. HTS YBa2Cu3O7-x Coated Conductors:
A reality and yet with emerging breakthroughs
Teresa Puig
Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Barcelona
CSIC, Bellaterra, Spain
Collaborators:
X.Obradors, A. Palau, J. Gázquez, S. Ricart, M. Coll, X. Granados, Z. Li, C. Pop, N. Cha
morro, B. Villarejo, F. Pino, F. Vallés, B. Mundet, L. Soler, J. Jareño, S. Rasi, J. Banchew
ski, R. Guzmán (ICMAB)
R. Yañez, J. Ros ( UAB)
J. Farjas, P Roura (UG)
2. High Temperature Superconductors:
YBa2Cu3O7-x
Discovered in 1987
HTS materials with the highest potential for high current and
high field applications (highest irreversibility line)
No microscopic understanding (no theory)
Laminar structure: high anisotropic properties
CuO2 planes are the conduction planes
Doped superconductor: oxygen stoichiometry determines
carrier concentration (overdoped state is desired for higher Jc)
Very important granularity effects (small ) : epitaxy is needed
Complex vortex pinning due to high thermal fluctuations
(high Tc, small and large )
3. Coated Conductors are a reality
Metallic substrate (50-100 m)
Buffers (0.5-1 m)
YBa2Cu3O7 (2 m)
Cu (50 m) + Ag protection (0.5-1 m)
Km-length flexible epitaxial multilayer capable to carry
400 A/cm-w at 77K and 800 A/cm-w at 5 K & 30 T
IBADs (ABAD): Ion Beam
Assisted Deposited substrate
&
RABiTs: Rolling Assisted
Biaxially Textured substrate
NANOCOMPOSITES:
Outstanding vortex pinning
properites
Growth methods:
PLD, MOCVD, CSD
Breakthroughs
PLD
ABAD
5. Nowadays CC are ready for
commercialization
Hastealloy
Stainless steel
Ni-based
CeO2
Y2O3
YSZ
MgO
LMO
…
YBCO
(Y,Gd)BCO
GdBCO
EuBCO
+BZO, BHO
We have a strong
industry in CC
manufacture
6. Nanostructured Coated Conductors
Energy Future
paradigm : cables,
FCL, transformers, ...
Large Electrical Motors and
Generators: Wind Mills,
Airplanes, Ships,..
High Energy Physics,
Fusion, Ultrahigh Field
NMR, …
Ultra-High field
even 30 T, 4.2K
Design stage, some
prototypes
High field 3-5 T, 40-60K
Much activity with prototypes
Low and medium field 1-3 T, 77K
Devices already in grid
High
Temperature
Conductor
High field
Conductor
Main challenge:
Reduce “cost / performance ratio”, €/kAm
Improved efficiency
Higher power density and quality
Higher magnetic fields
Environmentally friendly
7. Ampacity HTS Cable
2 years installed in Essen grid
10 kV cable (+FCL) substituting 100 kV line
(but also Airbus and NASA)
EU project:
Full scale 3.6 MW-direct-
drive HTS wind generator
EU- project: FCL for HVDC grids
1 kA – 50 kV
8. LTS (1 5 T) + YBCO (17 T)
32 T LTS-HTS Magnet
Hoop stresses 400-440 MPa
LTS + HTS
(BSCCO-2223 (with Ni alloy
reinforced) + REBCO) at Japan
1.3 GHz NMR
Geneva
PS
SPS
LHC
Future Circular Collider (FCC)
FCC-hh 100 TeV (c.o.m.)
100 km (80 km) 16 T (20 T) 6000 tons
Nb3Sn + 3000 tons Nb-Ti
(9000 tons LTS + 2000 tons HTS)CC- use also for Beam Screen
Beam energy
Dipole field
Bending radius
E[GeV]=0.3 x B[T] x [m]
9. Simultaneous deposition and growth (Case PLD, MOCVD)
ReBCO
Second phase
(BaZrO3)
Self-assembled spontaneous segregation of second nano-phases within the epitaxial YBCO matrix
NANOCOMPOSITES:
Outstanding push toward APC
S. Kang, Science 311 (2006)
J. Driscoll, Nat. Mat. 3(2004), Y. Yamada, APL 87(2005);
B. Maiorov, Nat Mat 8 (2009);
Epitaxial nanorods form simultaneous with
YBCO inducing semicoherent interfaces
Deposition
Absorption
Surface diffusion
Self-assembly
ReBa2Cu3O7
BaZrO3 BaHfO3
BaSnO3 …
Vortex pinning mostly ascribed to nanorods and
associated interfacial strain
10. Self-assembled spontaneous segregation of second nano-phases within the epitaxial YBCO matrix
NANOCOMPOSITES:
Outstanding push toward APC
Sequential deposition and growth (case CSD)
10-20 nm nanoparticles
BaZrO3
BaHfO3
Ba2YTaO6
J. Guiterrez, T. Puig, Nat Mat 11 (2007)
A. Llordés, T. Puig , Nat Mat 6 (2012)
M. Miura, SUST 26 (2013)
S. Engel, APL 90 (2007)
precursor
ReBCO Precursor deposition
Nanoparticles formation
ReBCO conversion and
trapping of nanoparticles
Random oriented nanoparticles form prior to
YBCO growth inducing a defective matrix
Vortex pinning mostly ascribed to distributed local
lattice distortions (nanostrain) induced by the
nanoparticles
BaZrO3, BaHfO3,
…
11. substrate
5 m
Semi-dried gelified film
substrate
1.6 m
Fully pyrolyzed filmMetallorganic
solution
CSD process for Nanocomposites growth
BaZrO3
BaHfO3 Ba2YTaO6
Grown YBCO nanocomposite
YBa2Cu3O7
Y2O3
900 nm
Intermediate phases and nucleation of YBCO film
TFA-precursors
2 n m
Epitaxial YBCO
12. 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200
0
100
200
300
400
4 MA/cm
2
Nanocomposites 12% on CZO
Low F solution
(80% reduction)
Spin pristine
3 MA/cm
2
IJP nanocomposites 12%
IJP pristineIC(A/cm*width)
Thickness (nm)
Deposition of thick CSD films at ICMAB
densification
tension due to
shrinkage
substrate… …
single deposition
>1 m by ink jet printing
LAO
Epitaxial YBCO
77 K
13. BaZrO3 , Ba2YTaO6, Y2O3 or mixed compositions
(randomly oriented nanoparticles)
ss-Nanocomposites:
Use of complex solutions for spontaneous segregation of nanoparticles (BaZrO3, BaHfO3,
Ba2YTaO6, BaCeO3)
pn-Nanocomposties: Colloidal solutions with preformed nanoparticles
c
200 nm
5 n m5 n m
BaZrO3
200 nm
5 nm
BaHfO3
Solvothermal synthesis – (Autoclave)- 8-10 nm
4-5 nm
Need to stabilize np in the alcoholic and ionic environment of
YBCO precursor solution at high concentrations
c
14. LAO
pn-nanocomposites of non-reactive
preformed BaZrO3 and BaHfO3 nanoparticles
High homogeneity in Np dispersion at high Np concentrations. No reactivity. Randomly oriented.
LAO
BZO
BZO
BZO
20%M BZO
10 nm
YBCO NC
YBCO seed layer
20%M BHO
10 nm
To be published
Jc =3-5 MA/cm2 at 77 K
15. 0 5 10 15 20 25
0
2
4
6
[NP] (mol %)
Jc
SF
(MA/cm
2
)@77K
Spontaneous
segregation
Preformed np
BZO-YBCO
Tc is preserved with CSD nanocomposites
Higher concentration of np without current blocking with pn-nanocomposites
Colloidal solutions compatible with IJP and multideposition (demonstrated up to 1 m)
4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26
80
82
84
86
88
90
92
94
Tc(K)
[Np] (% mol)
Preformed np
CSD nanocomposites: ss- and pn- nanocomposites
16. High performance of CSD-YBCO Nanocomposites
High performance at all temperatures
YBCO-TFA 65K
0 2 4 6 8
0
20
40
60
80
300
400
500
600
0
H (T)
Pinningforce(GN/m
3
)
NANOCOMPOSITE 10K
NANOCOMPOSITE 65K
NANOCOMPOSITE 77K Nb-Ti 4.2K
A. Llordés, et al. Nat. Mater , 11, 329 (2012),
J. Gutierrez et al, Nat. Mater. 6, 367 (2007)
P. Cayado, et al SUST (2015)
K.De Keukeleere, etal AdvMatElectronics (2016)
x5
x5
200 nm films
0,01
0,01
Pristine
10BZO5YO
Preformed 12% BaHfO3
Preformed 13% ZrO2
77K 50K
Jc
(MA/cm
2
)
0
H (T)
10K
1
x 50
17. YBCO+BZOPristine YBCO
[010]
1nmY
Ba
Cu
O
CuO double chain
(248 intergrowth
Stacking faults)
YBCO
[010]
BaZrO3
c
eyy
-10% 10%
+2%
-3%
+2%
Strong strain effects are
generated at the partial
dislocations
Planar view
BZO
YBCO
HAADF
Y248
Y248
YBCO
[001]
Partial
dislocation
HR-STEM imaging
Local compressive
and tensile
nanosized regions
18. New vortex pinning mechanism based on strain
A.Llordés, T Puig., Nat Mat. (2012), J. Gutierrez, T. Puig, Nat. Mat. (2007)
0,05 0,10 0,15 0,20 0,25
0,0
0,5
1,0
BZO
YO
BCO
BYTO
F
iso
Pmax
/F
tot
Pmax
nanostrain %
Vortex pinning is ascribed to distributed local lattice distortions (nanostrain) induced
by the defects generated by the nanoparticles: Isotropic pinning
Calculated from XRD Williamson-Hall plot
Lower Jc anisotropy, eff =2-3
19. Bond
Contraction
Pairing :
- tCuO : transfer integral between
Cu d and O p orbitals
- U : on-site Coulomb repulsion
- t0 : half bandwidth
Pair breaking energy:
tCuO (1/dCuO
5)
0
2
8
)(
42 t
U
tCuO
Nanostrain leads to unpaired nanoscale regions
G. Deutscher, APL (2010)
A. Llordes , T. Puig, et al., Nat. Mater 2012
Cu CuO
New vortex pinning mechanism based on strain
induced Cooper-pair suppression
Isotropic-Strong pinning occurs by saving vortex line
tension energy in a significant fraction of their length
Additional pinning from Np is possible if they are in
the 5 nm range
Vortex bending accommodates to a 3D ramified
network of localized isotropic nano-strained regions
Tensile strain quenches pair formation
vortex
intergrowth
Nanostrained
regions
20. BZO
Source of new atomic scale defects :
Weak pinning contribution: Cu –O cation vacancies
2 VCu + 3 VO
-
DFT calculationsFaulted Y248
x2 VCu
LAADF strain imaging
J. Gázquez et al, Adv. Science 3 (2016)also confirmed by HR-EELS
Z-contrast 1/ABFABF
Cu
O
BaZrO3
YBCO
[010]
c
21. Annular Bright Field Imaging
Z-contrast 1/ABF
✦O vacancies in the BaO plane!!
The energy to introduce VO
- at the BaO and CuO planes is similar (1.12 eV)
Additional local structural distortions are observed: c –axis locally decreases
22. Jc
aniso contribution
dominant close to the IL
Pinning properties of CSD YBCO nanocomposites
H,T pinning strength diagrams
Isotropic strong pinning mechanism
dominates the phase diagram,
Jc
iso-strong
Nanostrain pinning is key
T.Puig et al., SUST 21 (2008); J. Plain et al, PRB 65 (2002); J.Gutierrez et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 90 (2007), A. llordes et al, Nat Mat (2012)
Jc
iso-weak contribution
present below 20 K
23. BaCO3 (s)+CuO (s)+Y2O3
Liquid-Solid reaction
Fluorine free precursors
• Faster diffusion-> faster growth rate (x100)
• Highly simplified reactor
• More enviromentally friendly
• Compatible with IJP and pn-nanocomposites
CSD-TLAG
Transient Liquid Assisted Growth
CuO + Ba1-xYxF2-yOy + Y2O3 (s)
• Growth rate limited to 1nm/s
Solid-Gas reaction
HFH2O
Trifluoroacetate precursors
Standard CSD
24. CSD-Transient Liquid Assisted Growth
High growth rate and low costof Nanocomposites :
15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
Quenched sample
(332)Y2
O3
(431)Y2
O3
(622)Y2
O3
(400)Y2
O3
(222)Y2
O3
(440)Y2
O3
LAO
Intensity(a.u.)
2(º)
Amorphous liquid BaCuO2-CuO
Twin boundaries
550nm
200 nm
2 nm
at 48nm/sExtremely low porosity, Tc=90 K
Jc(77K)= 3-5 MA/cm2 (x50 standard CSD)
Approach towards ultrahigh fields :
pn-Nanocomposites
BZO
BZO
STO
BZO
20 nm
5 n m5 n m
BaHfO3
27. CONCLUSIONS
HTS have been an impressive nest of new knowledge
with still many unknowns to be discovered
Nanocomposites have been an outstanding solution for high and ultra-
high field applications: Strain being the driving force
Despite all initial difficulties,
we have successfully
manufactured km-length
conductors and applications
are here
Low cost and fast growth
manufacturing methodologies
should fasten marketability
Superconducting group at ICMAB
28. Uniform strain
(macrostrain)
Non-uniform strain
(nanostrain)
2θ
Crystal lattice strain
XRD analysisCrystal lattice
Diffraction line Microstructural defects
ε = ∆d/d
d-spacing
fluctuations
defects
Semi-coherent interface
incoherent interface
Williamson-Hall plot may be used to analyse peak
broadening crystal coherence volulme
Misfit
dislocation
Lattice matching with strain
relaxation
29. 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
0,1
0,2
0,3
0,4
BZO
YO
BCO
BYTO
-nanostrain%
Incoherent interface (m
-1
)
pristine
BZO 15%M
BZO 10%M
YO 15%M
A. Llordés et al., Nat Mat, 11, 329 (2012)
Random
nanoparticles
induce isotropic
nanostrain
Nanostrain determined by XRD
Williamson-Hall plot analysis
77 K
0.05 0.10 0.15 0.20 0.25
0.0
0.5
1.0
BZO
YO
BCO
BYTO
F
iso
Pmax
/F
tot
Pmax
nanostrain %
Nanostrain is controlled
by random nanoparticles
Local lattice strains control the isotropic pinning
landscape of CSD-nanocomposites
The highest isotropic
performance ever found in
any superconducting material
BCP: hole pairing mechanism is attributed to in-plane contraction of Cu-O bonds
We propose a new vortex pinning mechanism were strain induces Cooper-pair suppression.
A mechanism that is based on the contraction of the Cu-O bond to determine the pairing energy. Tensile strain decreases the overlapping of the Cud and Op orbitals and pair breaking is favourable. Being the transfer integral so much dependent on this Cu-O distance (power to the 5), small tensile strains of the order of 1% could do the job.
Thus, essentially the Copper pair formation is suppressed in these nano-sized regions.
Therefore, a new microscopic physical mechanism could account for the strong coupling of lattice strain and vortex pinning
3D ramified network of localized and highly strained nano-sized regions are responsible of the strong isotropic pinning
Local vortex bending occurs to accommodate to the disordered nano-strained regions so vortices save line tension energy in a significant fraction of their length to achieve strong pinning
BCP model could eventually explain our experiments as it correlates the nanostrain and the superconducting order parameter. In-plane Cu-O distances plays a key role in the pairing mechanism because hole pairing in adjacent Cu positions is made possible by the contraction of these bonds.
Here I present a schematic representation of the vortex – dislocacions - strain coupling. Which can help to draw a better view of the microscopic origin of this coupling ….
The ubiquitous (iubicuites) partial dislocations lead to a three dimensional ramified network of hightly strained and localized nano-sized regions, which are responsible for the vortex pinning properties observed in these nanocomposites, giving rise to a strong isotropic pinning.
The vortex pinning analysis previously mentioned was here used to separate the different pinning contributions and helped us to identify that a new isotropic strong pinning contribution was dominating the phase diagram of the CSD nanocomposites. That isotropic random pinning was induced by nanostrain at high and low T and an anisotropic contribution was just left at the very high temperature close to the IL.
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In fact, if we see these intergrowth now from a planar view of the ab plane, we can visualize the overall partial dislocation length, and quantify the huge increase of dislocation density achieved. 100 times higher than in pristine samples. By determining this accumulated strain by XRD analysis following the Williamson Hall plot analysis, we could demonstrate that the nanostrain was linearly increasing with the amount of incoherent interface and that in fact, this nanostrain tended to be isotropic.