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Science 2 May 1997:
Vol. 276. no. 5313, pp. 770 - 773
DOI: 10.1126/science.276.5313.770
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High Critical-Current Density in the Heavily Pb-Doped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+delta Superconductor: Generation of Efficient Pinning Centers

I. Chong, Z. Hiroi, * M. Izumi, J. Shimoyama, Y. Nakayama, K. Kishio, T. Terashima, Y. Bando, M. Takano

Critical-current density (Jc) is a parameter of primary importance for potential applications of high-temperature copper oxide superconductors. It is limited principally by the breakdown of zero-resistive current due to thermally activated flux flow at high temperatures and high magnetic fields. One promising method to overcome this limitation is to introduce efficient pinning centers into crystals that can suppress the flux flow. A marked increase in Jc was observed in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+delta (Bi-2212) single crystals doped with a large amount of Pb. By electron microscopy, characteristic microstructures were revealed that probably underlie the observed enhancement in Jc: thin (10 to 50 nanometers), platelike domains having a modulation-free structure appeared with spacings of 50 to 100 nanometers along the b axis.

I. Chong, Z. Hiroi, M. Izumi, T. Terashima, Y. Bando, M. Takano, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611, Japan.
J. Shimoyama, Y. Nakayama, K. Kishio, Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan.
*   To whom correspondence should be addressed.

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