Corrosion resistance of non-stoichiometric gadolinium zirconate fabricated by laser-enhanced chemical vapor deposition

摘要

Gadolinium zirconate (GZ) is a promising candidate for next-generation thermal barrier coating (TBC) materials.Its corrosion resistance against calcium-magnesium-alumino-silicate(CMAS) needs to be further increased for enhancing its in-service life.As the Gd element plays an important role in the CMAS resistance,three GZ coatings (GZ-0.75,GZ-1.0,and GZ-1.2) with different Gd/Zr atomic ratios are designed and deposited by laser enhanced chemical vapor deposition(LCVD) in this work.It is found that the generated Gd-apatite in GZ-1.2 would block micro-cracks inside the column structure and the inter-columnar gap more efficiently.Thus,the CMAS penetration rate (5.2 μm/h) of GZ-1.2 decreases over 27% comparing with GZ-1.0 and GZ-0.75,which is even lower than the Gd_(2)Zr_(2)O_(7) coatings fabricated by electron-beam physical vapor depositions (EB-PVDs).This work provides a feasible way to adjust the coating''s corrosion resistance and may guide the development of future coating for long in-service life.