title: Large transport J(c) in Cu-sheathed Sr(0.6)K(0.4)Fe2As2 superconducting tape conductors.
abstract: Copper sheath is the first choice for manufacturing high-T(c) superconducting wires and tapes because of its high electrical and thermal conductivities, low-cost and good mechanical properties. However, Cu can easily react with superconducting cores, such as BSCCO, MgB2 and pnictides, and therefore drastically decrease the transport J(c). Here, we report the fabrication of Cu-sheathed Sr(1-x)K(x)Fe2As2 tapes with superior J(c) performance using a simple hot pressing method that is capable of eliminating the lengthy high-temperature sintering. We obtained high-quality Sr(1-x)K(x)Fe2As2 tapes with processing at 800 °C for 30 minutes and measured high T(c) and sharp transition. By this rapid fabrication, Cu sheath does not give rise to apparent reaction layer, and only slightly diffuses into Sr-122 core. As a consequence, we achieved high transport J(c) of 3.1 × 10(4) A/cm(2) in 10 T and 2.7 × 10(4) A/cm(2) in 14 T at 4.2 K. The in-field J(c) performance is by far the highest reported for Cu-sheathed high-T(c) conductors. More importantly, Cu-sheathed Sr-122 tapes also showed a high J(e) value of 1.0 × 10(4) A/cm(2) in 10 T at 4.2 K, which has reached the widely accepted practical level for applications. These results demonstrate that Cu is a very promising sheath for the practical application of pnictide conductors.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Applied Superconductivity, Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PO Box 2703, Beijing 100190, China.
authors.forename: He
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Applied Superconductivity, Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PO Box 2703, Beijing 100190, China.
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Applied Superconductivity, Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PO Box 2703, Beijing 100190, China.
authors.forename: Haitao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Applied Superconductivity, Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PO Box 2703, Beijing 100190, China.
authors.forename: Xianping
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Applied Superconductivity, Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PO Box 2703, Beijing 100190, China.
authors.forename: Qianjun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Applied Superconductivity, Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PO Box 2703, Beijing 100190, China.
authors.forename: Chiheng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Applied Superconductivity, Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PO Box 2703, Beijing 100190, China.
authors.forename: Dongliang
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Applied Superconductivity, Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PO Box 2703, Beijing 100190, China.
authors.forename: Yanwei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ma