Microstructure and thermal properties of nanostructured gadolinia doped yttria-stabilized zirconia thermal barrier coatings produced by air plasma spraying

  • Yixiong Wang
  • , Chungen Zhou*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In this article, the nanostructured 2 mol% Gd2O3-4.5 mol% Y2O3-ZrO2(2GdYSZ) coating was developed by the atmospheric plasma spraying technique. And the microstructure and thermal properties of plasma-sprayed 2GdYSZ coating were investigated. The result from the investigation indicates that the as-sprayed coating is characterized by typical microstructure consisting of melted zones, nano-zones, splats, nano-pores, high-volume spheroidal pores and micro-cracks. The 2GdYSZ coating shows a lower resistance to destabilization of the metastable tetragonal (t′) phase compared to the yttria stabilized zirconia(YSZ). The thermal diffusivity and thermal conductivity of the nano-2GdYSZ coating at room temperature are 0.431 mm2 s−1 and 1.042 W/m K, respectively. Addition of gadolinia to the nano-YSZ can significantly reduce the thermal conductivity compared to the nano-YSZ and the conventional YSZ. The reduction is mainly attributed to the synergetic effect of gadolinia doping along with nanostructure.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)13047-13052
Number of pages6
JournalCeramics International
Volume42
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Aug 2016

Keywords

  • GdO
  • Nanostructure
  • Thermal conductivity
  • Yttria stabilized zirconia(YSZ)

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