2010 Volume 79 Issue 8 Pages 732-734
Superconductivity has a long history of about 100 years. Over the past 50 years, progress in superconducting materials has been mainly in metallic superconductors, such as Nb, Nb-Ti and Nb3Sn, resulting in the creation of various application fields based on the superconducting technologies. High-Tc superconductors, the first of which was discovered in 1986, have been changing the future vision of superconducting technology through the development of new application fields such as power cables. On basis of these trends, future prospects of superconductor technology up to 2040 are discussed In this article from the viewpoints of material development and the applications of superconducting wires and electronic devices.
