CHARACTERIZATIONS OF THE CORE-SHELL STRUCTURED MgB2/CARBON FIBER SYNTHESIS BY RF-SPUTTERING AND THERMAL EVAPORATION

Sung Chang Park, Yeong Jin Lim, Tae-Keun Lee and Cheol Jin Kim ()
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Sung Chang Park: Engineering Research Institute, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 600-701, South Korea
Yeong Jin Lim: Engineering Research Institute, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 600-701, South Korea
Tae-Keun Lee: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University of Technology, Seoul 139-743, South Korea
Cheol Jin Kim: Engineering Research Institute, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 600-701, South Korea

Surface Review and Letters (SRL), 2010, vol. 17, issue 02, pages 177-184

Abstract: MgB2/carbon fibers have been synthesized by the combination of RF-sputtering of B and thermal evaporation of Mg, followed by co-evaporation. First, boron layer was deposited by RF-sputtering on the carbon fiber with average diameter of 7.1 μm. Later this coated layer of B was reacted with Mg vapor to transform into MgB2. Since the MgB2 reaction proceed with Mg diffusion into the boron layer, Mg vapor pressure and the diffusion time had to be controlled precisely to secure the complete reaction. Also the deposition rate of each element was controlled separately to obtain stoichiometric MgB2, since Mg was evaporated by thermal heating and B by sputtering system. The sintered B target was magnetron sputtered at the RF-power of ~200 W, which corresponded to the deposition rate of ~3.6 Å/s. With the deposition rate of B fixed, the vapor pressure of Mg was controlled by varying the temperature of tungsten boat with heating element control unit between 100 and 900°C. The MgB2 layers with the thickness of 200–950 nm could be obtained and occasionally MgO appeared as a second phase. Superconducting transition temperatures were measured around ~38 K depending on the deposition condition.

Keywords: MgB2 superconductor; core-shell structure; co-evaporation; flexible MgB2 thin film fiber (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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