Iridium: An oxygen diffusion barrier and a conductive seed layer for RABiTS-based coated conductors

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 15, Issue 2 PART III, 2005, Pages 2977-2980

  Aytug, T ^a   Paranthaman, M ^b   Zhai, H Y ^b   Leonard, K J ^b   Gapud, A A ^b   Thompson, J R ^a   Martin, P M ^c   Goyal, A ^b   Christen, D K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Buffer layers; Coated conductors; High temperature superconductors; Oxygen diffusion barrier; RABiTS

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL CURRENTS; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; OXYGEN; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION;

BUFFER LAYERS; COATED CONDUCTORS; OXYGEN DIFFUSION BARRIERS; RABITS;

IRIDIUM;

EID: 22044454281     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2005.848690     Document Type: Conference Paper

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