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This year marks the 20th anniversary of the discovery of LaAlO3/SrTiO3 (LAO/STO) oxide heterointerfaces. Since their discovery, transition metal oxide (TMO) interfaces have emerged as a fascinating and fast‐growing area of research, offering a variety of unique and exotic physical properties which has provided a strong impetus for the rapid advances and actualization of oxide electronics. This review revisits the fundamental mechanisms accounting for the two‐dimensional (2D) conducting interfaces, and how new models proposed to better account for the unique interfacial effects. Recent breakthroughs in the theoretical and experimental domains of oxide interfaces are also discussed including the detection and investigation of 2D quasiparticle. Moving beyond the well‐known LAO/STO interface, this review delves into other systems where unconventional interfacial superconductivity, interfacial magnetism, and spin polarization are dealt with in greater detail. In terms of device applications, this review proceeds with a treatment on the recent developments in domains including field effect transistors and freestanding heterostructure membranes. By emphasizing the opportunities and challenges of integrating oxide interfaces with existing technologies, the review will end off with an outlook projecting the progress and the trajectory of this research domain in the years to come. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Magnetically coupled resonant wireless power transmission technology (WPT) based on high-temperature superconducting (HTS) coils has gained wide popularity due to its low impedance and high-quality factor Q value characteristics. This technology has greatly improved the energy transfer performance of wireless power transmission (WPT) systems. However, practical applications of conventional WPT, such as wireless charging of autonomous underwater vehicles at mooring points, often encounter spatial misalignment issues due to the complex ocean environment and ocean currents. Nonetheless, few studies have investigated the spatial misalignment of HTS WPT systems, particularly the angular misalignment. This paper presents a solution to address this problem by constructing magnetically coupled resonant wireless energy transmission systems based on HTS coils and copper coils. The study analyzes the relationship between the transmission efficiency of the WPT system and the received power of the load with respect to the spatial orientation of the coil. The performance of the superconducting coil and copper coil WPT systems is compared. The experimental results demonstrate that, under the same spatially misaligned conditions, the WPT system using HTS coils can significantly improve the transmission efficiency and load power compared to the conventional copper WPT system. Moreover, simultaneous adjustment of the lateral misalignment distance and different orientation deflection angles can improve the transmission efficiency and smooth load output power of the high-temperature superconducting WPT system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present work reports our efforts to enhance the performance and uniformity for the long tapes of metal–organic deposition YBa2Cu3O7−x (MOD-YBCO) layer on ion-beam-assisted deposition MgO (IBAD-MgO) template. Reflection High-energy electron diffraction (RHEED) is employed to realize the in-situ growth monitor of IBAD-MgO, as well as the correlation between the quantitative RHEED peaks and in-plane texture of Epi-MgO identified by XRD, which is an effective guide to improve the uniformity and performance of long YBCO tapes. In addition, the surface of the LMO layer during the magnetron sputtering process is improved via controlling the O2 flux, and then the critical-current density (Jc) of YBCO films has been improved. By optimizing the texture of the MgO layer and precisely controlling the LMO layer growth conditions, the performance and uniformity of YBCO-coated conductors grown by metal–organic deposition (MOD) have been greatly enhanced. The superconducting current-carrying capacities of 12-mm-wide tapes have upgraded steadily from 400–500 A to 500–550 A in past 3 years. The laminated CC tapes with current-carrying capacities of 150–170 A per 4-mm width show good uniformity and high quality along 500-m length, implying being promising for various commercial power applications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The perovskite membrane with large particle size, uniform coverage and high quality is the prerequisite for the preparation of efficient and stable perovskite solar cells. Various additives have been used to increase the grain size and improve the film morphology and crystal quality. In this paper, methylammonium chloride (MACl) was proposed to obtain high crystalline quality of ( FAPbI 3) 0. 8 5 ( MAPbBr 3) 0. 1 5 perovskite absorption layer. The results show that the adding ammonium methyl chloride into the precursor of tricationic perovskite not only passivates surface defects to form high-quality and large-grain perovskite films, but also facilitates the formation of pure α -phase FAPbI 3 . Meanwhile, the designed perovskite precursor solutions were used to fabricate mesoporous perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Owing to the perovskite layer consisting of optimized MACl doping, the short-circuit current density (J sc ) of PSCs reaches 23.81 mA/cm2, which is 2.73 mA/cm2 higher than the primary ( FAPbI 3) 0. 8 5 ( MAPbBr 3) 0. 1 5 based on PSCs. The obtained power conversion efficiency (PCE) increases from 13.67% to 17.59%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

LaMnO3−δ (LMO) films with different oxygen contents are deposited on Epi-MgO/IBAD-MgO templates using reactive magnetron sputtering under varying temperatures and atmospheres. Subsequent YBa2Cu3O7−δ (YBCO) films are grown on LMO layers by metal-organic deposition (MOD) method. X-ray diffraction measurements reveal that YBCO texture cannot be further improved when the full width at half maximum (FWHM) values of LMO (011) φ-scans (evaluation on in-plane alignment) and LMO (002) ω-scans (evaluation on out-of-plane alignment) for LMO films are less than 8° and 4°, respectively. Sharp orientation with in-plane FWHM value of <3° for YBCO (103) φ-scan and out-of-plane FWHM value of <1.5° for YBCO (006) ω-scan can typically be achieved in YBCO films. Precise control of growth conditions, especially atmosphere, remains a feasible way to modify the surface of LMO films. It induces changes in oxygen content, lattice structure and surface morphology of LMO, and further affects the epitaxial growth of superconducting layers. Oxygen-deficient LMO with expanded lattice parameters and flat surface can effectively suppress the non-c-axis oriented YBCO, thereby enhancing the current carrying capability. The 500 m long YBCO coated conductors with conditioned LMO layers have an inductive critical current (Ic) ranging from 358 to 437 A/12 mm width with an average value of 398 A/12 mm width. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]