The invention relates to a method for improving a
critical current for continuously preparing a YBCO (
Yttrium Barium Copper Oxide) strip, which comprises the following steps of: (1) in a
vacuum chamber of equipment for continuously preparing a YBCO superconducting layer, fixing a
metal substrate on a guide belt; (2) using YBCO as a target material, wherein the target-substrate distance is in the range of 40 to 60mm; (3) regulating a
laser optical path before vacuumizing; (4) when the vacuum degree in the
vacuum chamber is superior to 3*10<-4>Pa, heating the
metal substrate to the temperature of 750 to 770 DEG C and controlling the
pure oxygen atmosphere into 20 to 30Pa; (5) depositing a first layer of YBCO thin film under the
laser frequency of 10 to 20Hz and at the traveling speed of 0.1 to 0.4mm / s, then depositing a plurality of
layers of YBCO thin films, and when depositing the next layer of YBCO thin film every time, respectively rising the temperature of the
metal substrate in the process of depositing the previous layer of YBCO thin film by 10 to 20 DEG C and depositing the next layer of YBCO thin film under the
laser frequency of 10 to 40 Hz and at the traveling speed of 0.1 to 0.2mm / s; and (6) carrying out in-situ annealing to prepare the YBCO superconducting layer. According to the invention, the layered deposition is adopted, the temperature is properly risen between the
layers, the problem of variation of a cube texture of the YBCO layer along with the increase of the thickness is solved, and the superconducting performance is effectively improved.