Thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) can effectively protect the alloy substrate of hot components
in aeroengines or land-based gas turbines by the thermal insulation and corrosion/erosion …

Considerable progress has been made over the last decades in thermal spray technologies,
practices and applications. However, like other technologies, they have to continuously …

As one of the promising methods that can be employed to fabricate high-performance
thermal barrier coatings (TBCs), suspension plasma spraying (SPS) or solution precursor …

This paper investigates the evolution of microstructure of thermal barrier coatings (TBCs)
produced by suspension plasma spraying (SPS) through a careful experimental study …

Rare earth zirconates have lower thermal conductivity, better phase stability, improved
sintering resistance and CMAS (calcium magnesium alumino silicates) infiltration resistance …

Aero-engine is a key part of aircraft, the operating temperature of which is being pushed to
unprecedented levels for higher engine efficiency and performance. To accomplish higher …

This paper investigates the thermal shock behavior of thermal barrier coatings (TBCs)
produced by axial suspension plasma spraying (ASPS). TBCs with different columnar …

Abstract 8 wt.% yttria stabilized zirconia (8YSZ) is the standard ceramic top coat material
used in thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) due to its excellent thermo-physical and thermo …

Abstract Gadolinium zirconate (Gd2Zr2O7, GZO) as an advanced thermal barrier coating
(TBC) material, has lower thermal conductivity, better phase stability, sintering resistance …

Thermally sprayed ceramic coatings are applied for the protection of surfaces that are
exposed mainly to wear, high temperatures, and corrosion. In recent years, great interest …