Development of 50-Meter RE-Ba-Cu-O Tapes With Critical Current Over 1750 A/12mm at 65 K, 0.25 T by Advanced-MOCVD

Mahesh Paidpilli, Chirag Goel, Siwei Chen, Yi Li, Rohit Jain, Vinay Shyam, Mahandar Oad, Vamsi Yerraguravagari, Eduard Galstyan, Goran Majkic, Robert M. Schmidt, C. M. Rey, T. H. Carnes, Venkat Selvamanickam

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Abstract

REBCO tapes have an immense potential in next-generation electric machines such as high-efficiency industrial motors, high-power wind turbine generators, and electric aircraft. We have constructed a pilot-scale advanced metal organic chemical vapor deposition (A-MOCVD) manufacturing tool to produce 50-meter-long REBCO tapes with film thickness over 4 μm in a single pass. The composition of these REBCO tapes with 5% Zr dopant has been optimized for high critical current in low magnetic fields at 65 K, specifically for use in an industrial motor. Several 50-meter-long tapes with 4+ μm thick films and 5% Zr have been fabricated with uniform critical current (Ic) over 1,750 A/12 mm at 65 K, 0.25 T. The critical current of all tapes has been examined over their entire length by scanning hall probe microscopy at 77 K, 0 T. The tapes were slit and copper plated to 4 mm wide strands to fabricate and test a rotor coil for a 500 HP motor.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number6600105
JournalIEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
Volume33
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 1 2023
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Keywords

  • Critical current
  • high-temperature superconductors
  • long tape
  • MOCVD

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