Abstract
Opportunities are described for developing coatings for refractory alloys beyond the current state-of-the-art silicide coatings, which are inadequate for long-term application in combustion environments due to silica volatility. It is proposed that multicomponent rare earth oxides provide an ideal material system to tailor all necessary properties for environmental/thermal barrier coatings in a single layer, differing from current trends to adopt multi-layer systems that are prone to thermochemical-mechanical interface failure mechanisms. The article discusses opportunities, proof-of-concept, and challenges to accomplish these single-layer rare earth oxide coatings. Properties of interest include isotropic phase stability, processability, thermal expansion, thermal conductivity, ability to perform as a radiation barrier, stability in combustion environments, CMAS resistance, and ability to act as an oxygen diffusion barrier. Both experimental and computational approaches for property optimization are described.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 116206 |
Journal | Scripta Materialia |
Volume | 251 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 1 2024 |
Funding
The authors gratefully acknowledge helpful discussions with Dr. Robert Golden, Rolls-Royce Corporation, use of the University of Virginia Nanoscale Characterization Facility , and funding from the US Department of Energy , award number DE-AR0001425 under the ARPA-E ULTIMATE program. The authors gratefully acknowledge helpful discussions with Dr. Robert Golden, Rolls-Royce Corporation, use of the University of Virginia Nanoscale Characterization Facility, funding from the US Department of Energy, award number DE-AR0001425 under the ARPA-E ULTIMATE program, and support from the Office of Naval Research, grant number N00014-21-1-2477.
Keywords
- Oxide
- Protective coating
- Rare Earth
- Refractory metals
- Thermal barrier coating