Tuning stoichiometry of high-entropy oxides for tailorable thermal expansion coefficients and low thermal conductivity |
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Authors: | Liang Xu Lei Su Hongjie Wang Hongfei Gao De Lu Kang Peng Min Niu Zhixin Cai |
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Affiliation: | State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China |
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Abstract: | Thermal barrier coating materials with proper thermal expansion coefficient (TEC), low thermal conductivity, and good high-temperature stability are of great significance for their applications in next-generation turbine engines. Herein, we report a new class of high-entropy (La0.2Sm0.2Er0.2Yb0.2Y0.2)2CexO3+2x with different Ce4+ contents synthesized by a solid-state reaction method. They exhibit different crystal structures at different Ce4+ content, including a bixbyite single phase without Ce4+ doping (x = 0), bixbyite-fluorite dual-phase in the RE2O3-rich region (0 < x < 2), and fluorite single phase in the stoichiometric (x = 2) and CeO2-rich region (x > 2). The high-entropy (La0.2Sm0.2Er0.2Yb0.2Y0.2)2CexO3+2x exhibit tailorable TECs at a large range of 9.04 × 10–6–13.12 × 10–6 °C–1 and engineered low thermal conductivity of 1.79–2.63 W·m–1·K–1. They also possess good sintering resistance and high-temperature phase stability. These results reveal that the high-entropy (La0.2Sm0.2Er0.2Yb0.2Y0.2)2CexO3+2x are promising candidates for thermal barrier coating materials as well as thermally insulating materials and refractories. |
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Keywords: | low thermal conductivity Off-stoichiometric high-entropy oxides tailorable thermal expansion coefficients |
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