Effect of Sc substitution on thermophysical properties of tetragonal ScYSZ: Molecular dynamics simulation

  • Z. Z. Wang
  • , Y. Bai
  • , W. Fan
  • , Y. Gao
  • , Q. Liu
  • , R. J. Wang
  • , W. Z. Tao
  • , F. Ma

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Abstract

This paper aims to provide an insight into thermophysical properties of series tetragonal Sc2O3-Y2O3 co-stabilized ZrO2 (ScYSZ) materials. Phonon density of states and point-defect scattering model were employed to explain the variation of thermal conductivity of ScYSZ materials. The results suggested that the smaller interionic distance of Sc3+–O2− than Y3+–O2− provided larger atomic attraction, which created an effective migration barrier to ensure the better structural stability of ScYSZ. Compared with Y2O3 stabilized ZrO2 (YSZ), ScYSZ had lower phonon group velocity and thermal conductivity, which gradually decreased with the increase of Sc3+ content. Thermal expansion coefficient of ScYSZ was comparable to that of YSZ due to the combined effect of temperature, structural density, lattice defect and chemical composition. The substitution of Sc3+ for Y3+ played a minor role in the change of thermal expansion coefficient of YSZ. ScYSZ with good thermophysical properties is a prospective candidate material for high-temperature TBCs application.

Original languageEnglish
Article number109478
JournalComputational Materials Science
Volume174
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2020

Keywords

  • Molecular dynamics simulation
  • Thermal conductivity
  • Thermal diffusion
  • Thermal expansion coefficient
  • Vibrational density of states

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