Sintered oxygen-poor YBCO samples have been oxygenated at room temperature
using mus pulsed electrolysis in aqueous solutions. An increase of supercon
ducting properties has been found by the measurement of the higher harmonic
of ac susceptibility. Using the solution of the non-linear magnetic diffus
ion equation, quantitative values of the pinning potential, U-p, and the cr
itical current, J(c), near Tc have been determined.