Dept. of Applied Physics, Tokyo Univ. of Agricul. and Technol.1
Materials Research Center for Element Strategy, Tokyo Institute of Technology2
Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University3
Dept. of Advanced Materials Science, Kyushu University4
The Ultramicroscopy Research Center, Kyushu University5
Dept. of Mechanical System Engineering, Tokyo Univ. of Agricul. and Technol.6
Dept. of Materials Physics, Nagoya University7
JST-CREST8
Iron-based superconductors (IBSCs) with high Tc of ~60 K in 1111 and ~40 K in 122 are interesting for cryocooled high field applications, owing to their high Hc2 with small anisotropy nearly ~1 (in 122) [1,2]. The unique advantage which distinguishes IBSCs from cuprates is high critical misorientation angle of 9 degrees [3]. Thus high critical current over a sample is expected in randomly oriented, polycrystalline form, which leads to low-cost and scalable production. In our previous studies, we found that sintering mechanically alloyed precursor powder is an effective process to produce Ba122 polycrystalline bulks with high phase purity [4,5]. In the present work, we report (1) the effects of spark plasma sintering on the microstructure and superconducting properties of K doped 122 polycrystalline bulks and (2) Bayesian engineered high critical current density in K doped Ba122 polycrystalline bulks. This work was supported by JST CREST (JPMJCR18J4), JSPS KAKENHI (JP18H01699) and Nanotechnology Platform (A-18-TU-0037) of the MEXT, Japan.
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[3] T. Katase, Y. Ishimaru, A. Tsukamoto, H. Hiramatsu, T. Kamiya et al., Nat. Commun. 2, 409 (2011).
[4] S. Tokuta and A. Yamamoto, APL Mater. 7, 111107 (2019).
[5] S. Tokuta, Y. Shimada, and A. Yamamoto, Supercond. Sci. Technol. 33, 094010 (2020).
Keywords: iron-based superconductor, polycrystalline bulks