Additively-manufactured monocrystalline YBCO superconductor.

ABSTRACT: Single-crystal microstructures enable high-performance YBa₂Cu₃O_7-x superconductors which are however limited to simple shapes due to their brittleness. Additive manufacturing can fabricate YBa₂Cu₃O_7-x superconductor with complex shapes, albeit with a polycrystalline microstructure. Here, we demonstrate a route to grow single-crystals from 3D-ink-printed, polycrystalline, sintered superconducting YBa₂Cu₃O_7-x (YBCO or Y123) + Y₂BaCuO₅ (Y211), manufacturing objects with complex architectures displaying both high critical current density (J_c=2.1 × 10⁴ A^.cm^-2, 77 K) and high critical temperature (T_c= 88-89.5 K). An ink co

SUBMITTER: Zhang D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11850711 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature