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Biaxially aligned YBCO thick films on oxide buffered metallic substrates is
a promising route toward the fabrication of superconducting tapes operatin
g at liquid nitrogen temperature. The role of buffer layer is to reduce the
lattice mismatch between the substrate and the YBCO film, to adapt the the
rmal expansion coefficient, to hamper the diffusion of Ni in YBCO film and
to prevent the oxidation of the metallic substrate surface. This paper pres
ents a study regarding CeO2 buffer layer deposition on a new nonmagnetic (0
01)[100] textured Ni-V alloy substrates. The deposition of CeO2 was perform
ed by both pulsed laser ablation and e-beam evaporation techniques. The the
ta-2 theta X-ray diffraction pattern mainly exhibits the (001) peaks of CeO
2, indicating that the films are epitaxially grown with the c axis perpendi
cular to the substrate. Rocking curves through the CeO2 (002) peak have a F
WHM of about 6 degrees. The SEM studies have shown that the surface is smoo
th, continuos and free of cracks. Texture analysis reveals a good in-plane
orientation for the ablated CeO2 film, whereas the electron beam evaporated
CeO2 shows two textures in the growth plane. Further efforts are focused o
n the deposition of YBCO thick film on the as buffered nonmagnetic metallic
substrate.