In this work, we report a strengthened superheating effect caused by a buffering YBa 2 Cu 3 O y (Y123 or YBCO) layer in the Nd 1+x Ba 2-x Cu 3 O 7-y (Nd123 or NdBCO) thin film with MgO substrate (i.e., NdBCO/YBCO/MgO thin film). In the cold-seeding melt-textured (MT) growth, the NdBCO/YBCO/MgO film presented an even higher superheating level, about 20 °C higher than that of non-buffered NdBCO film (i.e., NdBCO/MgO film). Using this NdBCO/YBCO/MgO film as seeds and undergoing a maximum processing temperature (T max ) up to 1120 °C, we succeeded in growing various RE 1+x Ba 2-x Cu 3 O 7-y (REBCO, RE=rare elements) bulk superconductors, including Gd 1+x Ba 2-x Cu 3 O 7-y (GdBCO), Sm 1+x Ba 2-x Cu 3 O 7-y (SmBCO) and NdBCO that have high peritectic temperatures (T p ). The pole figure (X-Ray Φ-scan) measurement reveals that the NdBCO/YBCO/MgO film has better in-plane 2 alignment than the NdBCO/MgO film, indicating that the induced intermediate layer improves the crystallinity of the NdBCO film, which could be the main origin of the enhanced thermal stability. In short, possessing higher thermal stability and enduring a higher T max in the MT process, the NdBCO/YBCO/MgO film is beneficial to the growth of bulk superconductors in two aspects: (1) broad application for high-T p REBCO materials; (2) effective suppression against heterogeneous nucleation, which is of great assistance in growing large and high-performance REBCO crystals.
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