P. Tripodi et al., Increasing of superconducting pinning potential U-p and critical current J(c) due to the hydrogen loading in sintered YBCO, PHYSICA C, 341, 2000, pp. 1127-1128
YBCO sintered samples have been hydrogenated using chemical absorption. Exp
erimental measurements of the ac higher harmonic susceptibility versus freq
uency of applied magnetic field have been performed. Increasing of pinning
potential Up and critical current J(c) due to the adsorbed hydrogen has bee
n found. An increasing of 5% in J(c) and U-p has been quantitatively measur
ed using the non-linear magnetic diffusion equation.