Open AccessStructural and morphological characterization of YBa2Cu3O7-x films deposited by screen printing from YBa2Cu3O6.962 superconductor in bulk
Author(s) -
Jose Manuel Juarez-Lopez,
A. Guillén-Cervantes,
J.G. Quiñones-Galván,
K.E. Nieto-Zepeda,
O. Zelaya-Ángel,
J. SantosCruz,
E. Dı́az-Valdés,
G. ContrerasPuente,
F. de MoureFlores
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
materials research express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.383
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2053-1591
DOI - 10.1088/2053-1591/abadd0
Subject(s) - screen printing , sintering , annealing (glass) , materials science , scanning electron microscope , copper , coalescence (physics) , superconductivity , analytical chemistry (journal) , ethylene glycol , characterization (materials science) , grain size , high temperature superconductivity , crystallography , mineralogy , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , metallurgy , composite material , chemistry , condensed matter physics , physics , chromatography , astrobiology , engineering
YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7-x films were deposited onto flexible copper substrates by screen printing technique. YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7-x films were prepared from a YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7-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.
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