Oxygen and hydrogen plasma effects on the MgB2 superconductivity

  • J. K. Jung
  • , K. W. Lee
  • , W. Lee
  • , Cheol Eui Lee
  • , S. J. Noh
  • , H. S. Kim

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Abstract

Oxygen and hydrogen plasma effects on the superconductivity in MgB 2 were investigated. As a result, the critical current density was found to increase by the plasma treatments by an order of magnitude at zero applied magnetic field. The electrical resistivity showed a decrease in the superconducting transition temperature after the plasma treatments, whereas the magnetic susceptibility did not show a change in the transition temperature, indicating percolation of the supercurrent among the superconducting islands in the plasma-treated samples.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)555-558
Number of pages4
JournalCurrent Applied Physics
Volume11
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011 May

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by a Korea University Grant and by the Korea Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (NRL Program R0A-2008-000-20066-0 and Project No. 20090082672). The measurements at the Korean Basic Science Institute (KBSI) are acknowledged.

Keywords

  • Defects
  • Magnetic properties
  • MgB$-2$ superconductor
  • Plasma effects

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Materials Science
  • General Physics and Astronomy

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