Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2002-08-19
Physica C 385 (2003) 461-465
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
3 pages, 6 figures
Scientific paper
10.1016/S0921-4534(02)02813-7
Polycrystalline MgB2 samples with 10 wt % silicon powder addition were prepared by an in-situ reaction process. Two different Si powders, one with coarse (44 mm) and the other with nano-size (<100 nm) particles were used for making samples. The phases, microstructures, and flux pinning were characterized by XRD, TEM, and magnetic measurements. It was observed that the samples doped with nano-sized Si powder showed a significantly improved field dependence of the critical current over a wide temperature range compared with both undoped samples and samples with coarse Si added. Jc is as high as 3000 A/cm2 in 8 T at 5 K, one order of magnitude higher than for the undoped MgB2. X-ray diffraction results indicated that Si had reacted with Mg to form Mg2Si. Nano-particle inclusions and substitution, both observed by transmission electron microscopy, are proposed to be responsible for the enhancement of flux pinning in high fields. However, the samples made with the coarse Si powders had a poorer pinning than the undoped MgB2.
Dou Shi Xue
Liu Hsin-Kuan
Munroe P. R.
Qin Meng J.
Soltanian Saeid
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