HTS Material Layering for High-Temperature Superconductivity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional high-temperature superconducting materials require low-temperature cooling, which increases implementation costs and limits their commercial and consumer applications due to the need for cooling systems using liquids with very low boiling points.
Innovation Solution
Modifying existing extremely low resistance materials by layering conductive materials such as chromium, copper, bismuth, cobalt, vanadium, and titanium onto HTS materials to enhance their operating characteristics, allowing them to maintain extremely low resistance at higher temperatures without the need for cryogenic cooling.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of energy
If conventional HTS materials are used, then extremely low resistance is achieved, but cooling systems with very low boiling point liquids are required
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines HTS materials with modifying materials (such as chromium, copper, bismuth, cobalt, vanadium, or titanium) to create composite material compositions. This composite structure allows the material to maintain extremely low resistance while operating at higher temperatures, eliminating the need for cryogenic cooling systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent modifies the physical and chemical parameters of HTS materials by introducing modifying materials that change the material's properties. This enables the material to operate at elevated temperatures while maintaining low resistance, fundamentally altering the temperature-resistance relationship of conventional HTS materials.
2Loss of energy
If conventional HTS materials are used, then extremely low resistance is achieved, but implementation costs increase due to cooling systems
Solution Approach 1:
By creating composite materials that inherently maintain low resistance at higher temperatures, the patent eliminates the need for expensive cryogenic cooling infrastructure, thereby reducing implementation costs while maintaining electrical performance.
Solution Approach 2:
The modifying materials used in the composite compositions are selected from common, cost-effective elements (chromium, copper, bismuth, cobalt, vanadium, titanium) that can be readily obtained and processed, reducing material costs compared to requiring complex cooling systems.
3Loss of energy
If conventional HTS materials are used, then extremely low resistance is achieved, but charge carrying capacity is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The composite structure of HTS materials combined with modifying materials creates a material system with enhanced charge carrying capacity. The modifying materials contribute additional charge carriers and improve the overall electrical properties, allowing the material to carry more current while maintaining extremely low resistance.
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AI summary
The invention pertains to creating new extremely low resistance (“ELR”) materials, which may include high temperature superconducting (“HTS”) materials. In some implementations of the invention, an ELR material may be modified by depositing a layer of modifying material unto the ELR material to form a modified ELR material. The modified ELR material has improved operational characteristics over the ELR material alone. Such operational characteristics may include operating at increased temperatures or carrying additional electrical charge or other operational characteristics. In some implementations of the invention, the ELR material is a cuprate-perovskite, such as, but not limited to BSCCO. In some implementations of the invention, the modifying material is a conductive material that bonds easily to oxygen, such as, but not limited to, chromium.