Epitaxial CeO2/MgO buffer layers on cubic textured Ni substrates for superconducting tapes

Abstract Reported here is a novel epitaxial buffer layer configuration combined with MgO and CeO 2 on biaxially texture Ni substrates for high temperature superconducting (HTS) tapes. The hetero-epitaxial CeO 2 /MgO/Ni structure was grown by magnetron sputtering method. After formation of the buffer layers, θ-2θ and Φ scans of x-ray diffraction were used to measure the film in-plane and out-plane orientation, respectively. The deposited CeO 2 and MgO buffer layers showed good in-plane alignment.