The place that uses the same sort of techniques as research physicists is the microchip industry. They can get away with it because they need extreme purity and make something that is, pound for pound, extremely valuable. If superconductors have to be made like that, they’re going to be very expensive, used in niche applications but not bringing the power to your house.
The solution to mass production is to find a way to make it with vapor deposition. The comparison to solar cells is probably the best one here. Also because of the role of government subsidies in pushing process up the learning curve.
The place that uses the same sort of techniques as research physicists is the microchip industry. They can get away with it because they need extreme purity and make something that is, pound for pound, extremely valuable. If superconductors have to be made like that, they’re going to be very expensive, used in niche applications but not bringing the power to your house.
The solution to mass production is to find a way to make it with vapor deposition. The comparison to solar cells is probably the best one here. Also because of the role of government subsidies in pushing process up the learning curve.