TY - JOUR AU - Wesolowski, D. E. AU - Cima, M. J. PY - 2006 DA - 2006/01/01 TI - Nitrate-based metalorganic deposition of CeO2 on yttria-stabilized zirconia JO - Journal of Materials Research SP - 1 EP - 4 VL - 21 IS - 1 AB - An aqueous nitrate metalorganic deposition (MOD) process was used to form a 30-nm-thick c-axis-textured ceria (CeO2) layer on a yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) single-crystal substrate. X-ray diffraction showed the CeO2 layer was an (001) oriented film with a ω-scan full width at half-maximum of 1.47°. The average roughness of the ceria films, measured by atomic force microscopy, was about 5 nm. Critical current densities of up to 3.6 × 106 A/cm2 were measured on a 0.35-μm Ba2YCu3O7−x (YBCO) layer deposited over this cap layer using a trifluoroacetate (TFA)-based MOD ex situ process. The physical vapor deposition-derived ceria cap layer used in the most common coated conductor buffer layer stacks may be replaced by such a MOD processed film. SN - 2044-5326 UR - https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2006.0022 DO - 10.1557/jmr.2006.0022 ID - Wesolowski2006 ER -