Improvement of Reproducibility of High Transport Jc for Bi2Sr2CaCu2Oy/Ag Tapes by Controlling Bi Content

Abstract
A new method to obtain high J c Bi-2212/Ag tapes with high reproducibility was developed. Melt-solidifying with Bi2Al4O9 is found to be an effective method for suppressing the vaporization of bismuth oxide during the high-temperature heat treatment. By application of this method, the homogeneity of the microstructure of the Bi-2212 layer was improved considerably due to a decrease of the Bi-poor phase, (Sr, Ca)-Cu-O. The reproducibility of J c values was also improved corresponding to the microstructure, and J c maintained more than 1×105 A/cm2 at 4.2 K in 7 T even for a 1 m tape.

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