Study of YBa2Cu3O7−δ Superconductor/Graphene Oxide Composite

The aim of this research was to fabricate YBa2Cu3O7−δ (YBCO) superconductor composite with graphene oxide nanosheets and to study the effect of the graphene oxide nanosheets on YBCO superconductor properties. For this purpose, the samples of pure superconductor and superconductor composite with 0.001, 0.01, and 0.1 wt.% graphene oxide were synthesized. First, graphite oxide was made by Hummer’s chemical method; after that, graphene oxide nanosheets were produced by bath-keeper ultrasonic. Then, different amounts of graphene oxide were added to the process of superconductor fabrication, which was made by solid-state reaction method. The samples were characterized and studied by Meissner effect test, XRD analysis, FESEM imaging, EDX measurement, and ac magnetic susceptibility. The critical current density (Jc) of samples was measured by four probes method. The results showed that by increasing the weight ratio of graphene oxide, Jc and Tc decrease.