J. Mater. Sci. Technol. ›› 2022, Vol. 107: 259-265.DOI: 10.1016/j.jmst.2021.07.053

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Calcium-magnesium-alumina-silicate (CMAS) resistant high entropy ceramic (Y0.2Gd0.2Er0.2Yb0.2Lu0.2)2Zr2O7 for thermal barrier coatings

Shuxiang Denga,b, Gang Hea,*(), Zengchao Yanga, Jingxia Wangc, Jiangtao Lia, Lei Jiangc,*()   

  1. aKey Laboratory of Cryogenics, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
    bCenter of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
    cKey Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Materials and Interface Sciences, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China

Abstract:

A novel high-entropy material, (Y0.2Gd0.2Er0.2Yb0.2Lu0.2)2Zr2O7 was successfully synthesized by the solid state reaction method and spark plasma sintering, and investigated as a promising thermal barrier coating material. Rare-earth elements were distributed homogeneously in the pyrochlore structure. It was found that the prepared high-entropy ceramic maintains pyrochlore structure at the temperature up to 1600 °C, and it possesses a similar thermal expansion coefficient (10.2 × 10-6 K-1 at 25-900 °C) to that of YSZ, low thermal conductivity (< 0.9 W m -1 K-1 at 100-1000 °C) and good CMAS resistance (infiltration depth is 22 μm after annealed at 1300 °C for 24 h). The corrosion process was investigated, and RE elements distributing homogeneously in (Y0.2Gd0.2Er0.2Yb0.2Lu0.2)2Zr2O7 show different diffusion rates in CMAS. RE 3+ with a larger radius (closer to Ca2+) is easier to react with CMAS to form an apatite phase.

Key words: High-entropy ceramic, yrochlore structure, Thermal barrier coating material, CMAS resistance