Fabrication and Characterizations of KCa2Fe4As4F2 Superconducting HIP Wires

Abstract

Abstract We report the fabrication and characterizations of KCa2Fe4As4F2 round wires for the first time. Polycrystalline KCa2Fe4As4F2 powder was prepared by solid-state reaction. Superconducting wires were fabricated by powder-in-tube (PIT) method followed by hot-isostatic-press (HIP) technique. The self-field J c of the KCa2Fe4As4F2 HIP wires fabricated at 700 and 740°C at a high pressure of 9 MPa for 0.5 h, reached 10 kAcm−2. Although high-pressure sintering at high temperatures enhanced the J c and density of the core of the wires, X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy–energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy analyses indicated that impurity phases were present both in the polycrystalline powder and in the core of the wire.