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Commercial compact fusion triggered REBCO tape industry: Pulsed laser deposition technology opportunities and challenges
Zhao, Yue
Superconductivity, 2025
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Read the source doi:10.1016/j.supcon.2025.100188
The abstract gives the price per metre and the critical current of PLD-REBCO tapes in separate clauses; the conductor cost in USD per kA per metre is derived: 20 USD/m divided by 0.2 kA is 100. A curator must confirm that the two numbers describe the same tape.
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Conductor cost: 100 USD kA⁻¹ m⁻¹
Derived: about 20 USD per metre divided by a critical current above 200 A for a 4 mm wide tape at 20 K, 20 T, field parallel to c. The critical current is a lower bound, so the true cost per kA-m is at or below this value. PLD-based REBCO tape, 2025.
PLD-REBCO tapes have demonstrated excellent in-field performance ( I c >200 A-4 mm @20K, 20T, B//c) and competitive pricing ( ∼ $20/meter)
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