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Rare-Earth-Zirconate Porous High-Entropy Ceramics with Unique Pore Structures for Thermal Insulating Applications.

Hengchang WangJie XuJiatong ZhuXuanyu MengLang LinPing ZhangFeng Gao
Published in: Materials (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)
Porous high-entropy ceramics are a new alternative material for thermal insulation. Their better stability and low thermal conductivity are due to lattice distortion and unique pore structures. In this work, rare-earth-zirconate ((La 0.25 Eu 0.25 Gd 0.25 Yb 0.25 ) 2 (Zr 0.75 Ce 0.25 ) 2 O 7 ) porous high-entropy ceramics were fabricated by a tert-butyl alcohol (TBA)-based gel-casting method. The regulation of pore structures was realized through changing different initial solid loadings. The XRD, HRTEM, and SAED results showed that the porous high-entropy ceramics had a single fluorite phase without impurity phases, exhibiting high porosity (67.1-81.5%), relatively high compressive strength (1.02-6.45 MPa) and low thermal conductivity (0.0642-0.1213 W/(m·K)) at room temperature. Porous high-entropy ceramics with 81.5% porosity demonstrated excellent thermal properties, showing a thermal conductivity of 0.0642 W/(m·K) at room temperature and 0.1467 W/(m·K) at 1200 °C. The unique pore structure with a micron size contributed to their excellent thermal insulating performance. The present work provides the prospect that rare-earth-zirconate porous high-entropy ceramics with tailored pore structures are expected to be thermal insulation materials.
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