Orthorhombic to tetragonal polymorphic transformation of YTa3O9 and its inhibition through the design of high-entropy (Y0.2La0.2Ce0.2Nd0.2Gd0.2)Ta3O9

Hanwen Liu, Ling Liu*, Huimin Xiang, Fu Zhi Dai, Xiaohui Wang, Muzhang Huang, Chunlei Wan, Zhuang Ma, Yanbo Liu, Hezhang Li, Yanchun Zhou*

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Abstract

To explore the mechanism of phase transformation, YTa3O9 was prepared by an integrated one-step synthesis and sintering method at 1500 °C using Y2O3 and Ta2O5 powders as starting materials. High-temperature XRD patterns and Raman spectra showed that a phase transformation from orthorhombic to tetragonal took place in YTa3O9 through the bond length and angle changes at 300–400 °C, which caused a thermal conductivity rise. To inhibit the phase transformation, a high-entropy (Y0.2La0.2Ce0.2Nd0.2Gd0.2)Ta3O9 (HE RETa3O9) was designed and synthesized at 1550 °C using the integrated solid-state synthesis and sintering method. In tetragonal structured HE RETa3O9, phase transformation was inhibited by the high-entropy effect. Furthermore, HE RETa3O9 exhibited low thermal conductivity, and its tendency to increase with temperature was alleviated (1.69 W/m·K, 1073 K). Good phase stability, low thermal conductivity and comparable fracture toughness to YSZ make HE RETa3O9 promising as a new thermal barrier coating material.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3559-3569
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of the European Ceramic Society
Volume42
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2022

Keywords

  • High-entropy ceramics (HECs)
  • Integrated synthesis and sintering
  • Phase transformation
  • Rare-earth tantalate
  • Thermal barrier coatings (TBCs)

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