Highly Porous Superconductors: Synthesis, Research, and Prospects

TL;DR

This review discusses highly porous superconductors with over 50% porosity, focusing on synthesis methods, properties, and potential advantages like improved heat dissipation and stable operation.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of synthesis techniques and property analyses for porous superconductors, highlighting their unique features and potential applications.

Findings

Porous superconductors enable refrigerant penetration and efficient heat dissipation.

Structural, magnetic, and electrical properties vary with porosity and type.

Current flow features are distinct in different porous superconductor types.

Abstract

This paper gives a review of studies of superconductors with a porosity above 50%. The pores in such superconducting materials provide refrigerant penetration, efficient heat dissipation and stable operation. Methods for the synthesis of the main groups of porous superconductors are described. The results of studies of the structural, magnetic, and electrical transport properties are presented, and the features of the current flow through porous superconductors of various types are considered.