Structural, electrical, magnetic, and flux pinning properties of YBCO/Ni superconducting composites: analyses and possible explanations

Ahmed M. Abd El-Aziz, HeshaA. Afifi, Ibrahim Z. Hager +2

Samples of superconducting composite (100-x)YBa2Cu3O7-δ + xNi (x = 1, 2.5, 5, 7.5, 10 and 15 wt.%) were synthesized. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) images revealed that the gra…