Cuprate high-temperature superconductors (HTS), such as RE-Ba2Cu3O7-δ(REBCO, RE=rare earth), (Bi,Pb)2Sr2Ca2Cu3O10-x(Bi-2223) and Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8-x(Bi-2212), have enabled the development of high-field superconducting magnets capable generating magnetic fields far exceeding 20 T. The brittle nature HTS requires elaborate means to protect them against high stresses strains associated with magnet ope...

The critical currents and self-field ac losses of YBa2Cu3Oy coated conductors and (Bi, Pb)2Sr2Ca2Cu3Ox tapes were measured at several temperatures between 45 K and the respective critical temperature. The temperature dependence of ac losses was measured at 50 Hz using the lock-in method for a transport current. The frequency dependence of ac loss was measured at 55 K for transport current frequ...

We elucidate the complex thermodynamics of sodium (Na) intercalation into super-ionic conductor (NaSICON)-type electrode, Na x V 2 (PO 4 ) 3 , for promising Na-ion batteries with high-power density.

Magnets are the principal market for superconductors, but making attractive conductors out of the high-temperature cuprate superconductors (HTSs) has proved difficult because of the presence of high-angle grain boundaries that are generally believed to lower the critical current density, J(c). To minimize such grain boundary obstacles, HTS conductors such as REBa2Cu3O(7-x) and (Bi, Pb)2Sr2Ca2Cu...

Compared to the reported method, relatively high pure silver sulfide iodide (Ag3SI) crystal, a kind of super-ionic conductor, was synthesized in a more facile procedure through the designed melt-cooling technique followed by a heat-treatment at 160°C for half an hour, which is confirmed by the corresponding X-ray Diffraction patterns. Utilizing the designed differential thermal analyzer method,...

Over the past decade, great developments in optical microscopy have made this technology increasingly compatible with biological studies. Fluorescence microscopy has especially contributed to investigating the dynamic behaviors of live specimens and can now resolve objects with nanometer precision and resolution due to super-resolution imaging. Additionally, single particle tracking provides in...

Super-ionic conductor materials have great potential to enable novel technologies in energy storage and conversion. However, it is not yet understood why only a few materials can deliver exceptionally higher ionic conductivity than typical solids or how one can design fast ion conductors following simple principles. Using ab initio modelling, here we show that fast diffusion in super-ionic cond...