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Microstructure and Thermal Properties of Double Rare-Earth Co-doped SrZrO3 Coating by the Solution Precursor Plasma Spray

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Double rare-earth (Yb/Gd) co-doped SrZrO3 (SZYG) coatings were prepared by solution precursor plasma spray (SPPS) using an aqueous solution precursor. The SZYG coating is characterized as two phases of SrZrO3 and t-ZrO2 with interpass boundaries structure, nano- and micrometer porosity and through-thickness vertical cracks, analyzed by x-ray diffraction (XRD) and the scanning electron microscopy. XRD results showed that SrZrO3 and t-ZrO2 are very stable after heat treatment at 1400 °C for 360 h due to the doping of rare-earth elements. By comparing the thermal cyclic durability of the SZYG single-layer and the SZYG/YSZ double-layer coatings, the thermal lifetime of the double-layer coating is 650 cycles, which is 40% longer than that of the single-layer coating. The thermal conductivity of the as-sprayed SZYG coating prepared by SPPS is 0.83 W m−1 K−1 at 1000 °C, which is ~ 34% lower than that of SrZrO3 coating prepared by SPPS (~ 1.25 W m−1 K−1, 1000 °C). The superior performance of the SZYG coating is attributed to the co-doping of Yb2O3 and Gd2O3.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial supports of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51462026, 51672136), Science and Technology Major Project of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (2018-810), National Science and Technology Major Project (2017-VII-0012-0108) and Postgraduate Research Innovation Project of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (B20171012810, B2018111923Z).

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    Xiangfeng Meng, Wen Ma, Ting Yang, Wei Huang, Enbo Li, Yu Bai & Caiwen Liu

  2. Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Thin Film and Coatings Technology, Hohhot, 010051, China

    Xiangfeng Meng, Wen Ma, Ting Yang, Wei Huang, Enbo Li, Yu Bai & Caiwen Liu

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    Xiangfeng Meng

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    Hongying Dong

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Meng, X., Ma, W., Yang, T. et al. Microstructure and Thermal Properties of Double Rare-Earth Co-doped SrZrO3 Coating by the Solution Precursor Plasma Spray. J Therm Spray Tech 29, 125–133 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11666-019-00974-x

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