# US 12,014,842 B2 · High temperature superconductor having multiple superconducting layers, and high temperature superconductor manufacturing method for same

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- Number: US 12,014,842 B2
- Document ID: US12014842B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/701,880
- Filed: 2022-03-23
- Published: 2022-08-04
- Granted: 2024-06-18
- Earliest claimed: 2019-09-27
- Assignees: Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute
- Applicants: Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute
- Inventors: Hong Soo Ha; Gwan Tae Kim; Hyun Woo Noh; Ho Sup Kim; Sang Soo Oh
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12014842B2

## CPC

- H01B 12/06: Films or wires on bases or cores
- H01B 13/0016: {for heat treatment}
- H01B 13/22: Sheathing; Armouring; Screening; Applying other protective layers (H01B13/32 takes precedence)
- H01F 6/06: Coils, e.g. winding, insulating, terminating or casing arrangements therefor
- H01F 41/04: for manufacturing coils {(coils for transformer or inductances H01F27/28)}
- Y02E 40/60: Superconducting electric elements or equipment; Power systems integrating superconducting elements or equipment
- H01B: CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING OR DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES (selection for magnetic properties H01F1/00; waveguides H01P {; printed circuits H05K})
- H01F: MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
- Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION

## Abstract

Proposed is a high temperature superconducting wire manufacturing method and a high temperature superconducting wire having multiple superconducting layers formed by applying the method. The method includes a stacking process in which a pair of protective layers of superconducting wires including a substrate, a superconducting layer, and the protective layer are stacked such that the protective layers face each other, a joining process in which the protective layers facing each other are diffusion joining together by thermal treatment and become a joining protective layer, an exfoliating process in which a layered structure of an upper portion of the corresponding superconducting layer is removed such that one side of the superconducting layer is exposed to the outside, and an outermost protective layer forming process in which an outer protective layer formed of the same material as the joining protective layer is formed on the upper portion of the exposed superconducting layer.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A high temperature superconducting wire having multiple superconducting layers, the high temperature superconducting wire comprising:
a main substrate;
at least one buffer layer provided on an upper portion of the main substrate;
at least two superconducting layers provided on an upper portion of the buffer layer;
at least one joining protective layer provided on each space between the superconducting layers; and
an outer protective layer formed of a same material as the joining protective layer and provided on an upper portion of an outermost superconducting layer,
wherein the joining protective layer is formed by diffusion joining that is performed by a thermal treatment after protective layers of a pair of superconducting wires each having a stacked structure comprising a substrate, the superconducting layer, and the protective layer are facing each other, or is formed by diffusion joining that is performed by the thermal treatment after the protective layer of the superconducting wire having the stacked structure comprising the substrate, the superconducting layer, and the protective layer and the outer protective layer of the superconducting wire having a stacked structure comprising the substrate, the superconducting layer, the joining protective layer, the superconducting layer, and the outer protective layer are facing each other,
wherein the outer protective layer is coated on the upper portion of the outermost superconducting layer while being in a state in which the substrate at one side is removed after the joining protective layer is formed.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The high temperature superconducting wire of claim 1, wherein the joining protective layer is formed in a state in which the joining protective layer is wound on a winding bobbin.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The high temperature superconducting wire of any claim 1, wherein a metal coating layer is further formed on at least an upper portion of the outer protective layer.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The high temperature superconducting wire of claim 1, wherein the joining protective layer and the outer protective layer are formed of one of silver (Ag), gold (Au), platinum (Pt), palladium (Pd), ruthenium (Ru), rhodium (Rh), iridium (Ir), osmium (Os), and rhenium (Re) or a mixture thereof.

### Claim 5

A high temperature superconducting wire having multiple superconducting layers, the high temperature superconducting wire comprising:
a main substrate;
a buffer layer provided on an upper portion of the main substrate;
a first superconducting layer provided on an upper portion of the first buffer layer;
a second superconducting layer provided on an upper portion of the first superconducting layer;
a joining protective layer provided between the first superconducting layer and the second superconducting layer and configured to connect the first superconducting layer and the second superconducting layer together; and
an outer protective layer formed of a same material as the joining protective layer and provided on an upper portion of the second superconducting layer,
wherein the joining protective layer is formed by diffusion joining that is performed by a thermal treatment after protective layers of a pair of superconducting wires each having a stacked structure comprising a substrate, the superconducting layer, and the protective layer are facing each other, or is formed by diffusion joining that is performed by the thermal treatment after the protective layer of the superconducting wire having the stacked structure comprising the substrate, the superconducting layer, and the protective layer and the outer protective layer of the superconducting wire having a stacked structure comprising the substrate, the superconducting layer, the joining protective layer, the superconducting layer, and the outer protective layer are facing each other,
wherein the outer protective layer is coated on the upper portion of the outermost superconducting layer while being in a state in which the substrate at one side is removed after the joining protective layer is formed.

### Claim 6

A high temperature superconducting wire having multiple superconducting layers, the high temperature superconducting wire comprising:
a main substrate;
a buffer layer provided on an upper portion of the main substrate;
a first superconducting layer provided on an upper portion of the first buffer layer;
a second superconducting layer provided on an upper portion of the first superconducting layer;
a first joining protective layer provided between the first superconducting layer and the second superconducting layer and configured to connect the first superconducting layer and the second superconducting layer together;
a third superconducting layer provided on an upper portion of the second superconducting layer;
a second joining protective layer provided between the second superconducting layer and the third superconducting layer and configured to connect the second superconducting layer and the third superconducting layer together; and
an outer protective layer provided on an upper portion of the third superconducting layer, the outer protective layer being stacked by a same structure as a stacked structure in which another joining protective layer between the second superconducting layer and the third superconducting layer and the third superconducting layer are stacked, thereby being provided on an upper portion of a 3+N-th superconducting layer after still another joining protective layer and another superconducting layer are repeatedly constructed N times on the upper portion of the third superconducting layer (here, N is a natural number).

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The high temperature superconducting wire of claim 6, wherein a third joining protective layer repeatedly constructed N times on the upper portion of the third superconducting layer is formed by diffusion joining that is performed by a thermal treatment after a protective layer of the 3+N-th stacked superconducting layer and another outer protective layer that is provided on an upper portion of a 2+N-th superconducting layer are facing each other.

### Claim 8

A high temperature superconducting wire manufacturing method, the method comprising:
a stacking process in which protective layers of a pair of superconducting wires comprising at least a substrate, a superconducting layer, and the protective layer are stacked such that the protective layers are facing each other;
a joining process in which the protective layers facing each other are diffusion joining together by performing a thermal treatment on the pair of superconducting wires that are stacked and the protective layers become a joining protective layer;
an exfoliating process in which a layered structure on an upper portion of a corresponding superconducting layer is removed such that the superconducting layer on one side among the superconducting layers formed with the joining protective layer is exposed to an outside; and
an outermost protective layer forming process in which an outer protective layer formed of a same material as the joining protective layer is formed on the upper portion of the superconducting layer that is exposed to the outside through the exfoliating process.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, wherein a stabilizing layer forming process is performed when there is no additional stacking of the superconducting layer after the outer protective layer is formed.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, wherein a paste filling process in which a gap between the stacked protective layers is filled with a same material as the protective layer is performed after the stacking process, and an interface between the protective layers and an interface of a filled paste are diffusion joining together and become one joining protective layer.

### Claim 11

A high temperature superconducting wire manufacturing method, the method comprising:
a stacking process in which a first superconducting wire comprising a substrate, a first buffer layer, a first superconducting layer, and a first protective layer and a second superconducting wire comprising another substrate, a second superconducting layer, and a second protective layer are stacked together such that the first protective layer and the second protective layer are facing each other;
a joining process in which the stacked first and second protective layers are diffusion joining together by performing a thermal treatment and become a joining protective layer;
an exfoliating in which a layered structure on an upper portion of the second superconducting layer is removed such that the second superconducting layer is exposed to an outside;
an outer protective layer forming process in which an outer protective layer formed of a same material as the joining protective layer is formed on the upper portion of the second superconducting layer that is exposed to the outside;
an additional stacking process in which an N-th protective layer of an N-th superconducting wire comprising still another substrate, an N-th superconducting layer, and the N-th protective layer is facing with the outer protective layer and is stacked;
an additional joining process in which the outer protective layer and the N-th protective layer that are stacked are diffusion joining together by performing the thermal treatment and become an additional joining protective layer;
an additional exfoliating process in which a layered structure on an upper portion of the N-th superconducting layer is removed such that the N-th superconducting layer is exposed to the outside; and
an additional outermost protective layer forming process in which an additional outer protective layer formed of a same material as the additional joining protective layer is formed on the upper portion of the N-th superconducting layer that is exposed by performing the additional exfoliating process,
wherein the additional stacking process, the additional joining process, the additional exfoliating process, and the additional outermost protective layer forming process are repeatedly performed N−2 times according to the number of superconducting layers that are stacked (here, N is a natural number equal to or greater than 3).

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11, wherein a paste filling process in which a gap between the first protective layer and the second protective layer and a gap between the N-th protective layer and the outer protective layer are respectively filled with the same material is performed after the stacking process and the additional stacking process.