Abstract: We performed a systematic study of the superconducting transition temperature（T_c）, critical current density（J_c）, irreversibility field(H_irr), upper critical field(H_c2), activation energy（U₀） and flux pinning mechanism in Y(Dy_0.5) Ba₂Cu₃O_7-δ coated conductors. Our results show that the broadening of the resistivity transition is significantly different when H//c and H//ab, indicating that resistivity has a strong magnetic field-induced inter-plane anisotropy. Based on the thermally activated flux flow（TAFF） model, the flux pinning of H//ab is stronger than that of H//c. In the case of H//ab and H//c, α is 0.5 and 0.57 that indicate the surface pinning is responsible for the main pinning mechanism in Y(Dy_0.5) Ba₂Cu₃O_7-δ coated conductors.