High critical current density and in-plane aligned YBa2 Cu3 O7-x (YBCO) film on a textured yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) buffer layer deposited on NiCr alloy (Hastelloy c-275) tape by laser ablation with only O+ ion beam assistance was fabricated. The values of the x-ray phi-scan full width at half-maximum (FWHM) for YSZ(202) and YBCO(103) are 18° and 11°, respectively. The critical current density of YBCO film is 7.9 × 105 A cm-2 at liquid nitrogen tempe...