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Research Article | Open Access

Realizing the excellent oxidation resistance of an environmental barrier coating through aluminum surface modification

Lin Dong1Wen-Qi Yang2Lin Chen1( )Guan-Jun Yang1Chang-Jiu Li1
State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
Xi’an Aerospace Engine Company Limited in China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, Xi’an 710065, China
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Abstract

The lifetime of Si-based environmental barrier coatings (EBCs) is constrained by thermally grown SiO2 oxide layer (SiO2-TGO), which can cause premature cracking and spalling. To address this issue, a new approach for surface modification using aluminum is proposed. The oxidation performance was examined in a 50 vol% H2O–50 vol% O2 environment at 1350 °C for up to 300 h. The results indicate that a dense ytterbium aluminum garnet (YbAG) layer was formed after modification, decreasing the porosity by 80%. Due to the elimination of fast diffusion channels and the low oxygen permeability of YbAG, aluminum modification significantly reduced the growth rate of SiO2-TGO by nearly two orders of magnitude. Consequently, its thickness decreased by more than 70% after 300 h of exposure. A diffusion-controlled oxidation mechanism indicates that the modified dense surface is equivalent to an initial SiO2 layer with a specific thickness, causing a shift in the oxidation time and increasing the oxidation resistance. This research provides valuable insights for designing Si-based EBC with improved lifetimes.

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Journal of Advanced Ceramics
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Dong L, Yang W-Q, Chen L, et al. Realizing the excellent oxidation resistance of an environmental barrier coating through aluminum surface modification. Journal of Advanced Ceramics, 2024, 13(7): 976-986. https://doi.org/10.26599/JAC.2024.9220911

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Received: 08 March 2024
Revised: 23 April 2024
Accepted: 09 May 2024
Published: 30 July 2024
© The Author(s) 2024.

This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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