TEM Analysis on YBCO Composited Superconducting Tapes

The microstructures of the YBCO composited superconducting tapes with different J_c were analysed byTEM.The relationship between microstructure and J_c of the tapes is discussed in detail.It is demonstrated thatJ_c value of the tapes increases significantly with the decrease in the width of grain boundary,increase of the twindensity and the reducing of the amount of precipitates at grain boundary.At grain boundary of the tapes,howev-er,small amount of non-superconducting phases can-not be avoided.For the fabrication of high J_c YBCO com-posited tapes,it is very important to improve the microstructure of the superconductor perfectly.