Comparing the deposition mechanisms in suspension plasma spray (SPS) and solution precursor plasma spray (SPPS) deposition of yttria-stabilised zirconia (YSZ)

Aurélien Joulia (1) , Giovanni Bolelli (2) , Enrico Gualtieri (3) , Luca Lusvarghi (2) , Sergio Valeri (4, 5) , Michel Vardelle (1) , Armelle Vardelle (1) , S. Rossignol (6)

1 Axe 2 : procédés de traitements de surface
2 Department of Engineering "Enzo Ferrari"
3 Centre InterMech-MO.RE
4 Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche Informatiche e Matematiche
5 CNR-NANOSCIENZE Institute
6 SPCTS-AXE3 - Axe 3 : organisation structurale multiéchelle des matériaux

Thermal spraying using liquid feedstock has emerged as a promising technology for the deposition of finely structured ceramic coatings. In order to provide a comparative assessment of the deposition mechanisms occurring when spraying suspension or solution feedstock, suspensions of 300 nm-sized ZrO2-4.5 mol.% Y2O3 particles dispersed in water and in ethanol and solutions of zirconium and yttrium salts, corresponding to ZrO2-4.5 mol.% Y2O3 and ZrO2-8 mol.% Y2O3 stoichiometries, were processed by plasma spraying using different parameter settings. In-flight diagnostics of sprayed droplets, together with the morphological, microstructural and phase analysis of individual lamellae collected onto polished substrates, performed by SEM, FIB, AFM and micro-Raman spectroscopy, led to the identification of deposition mechanisms, which were subsequently verified through the characterisation of complete coating layers.

Domaines: Matériaux

Aurélien Joulia, Giovanni Bolelli, Enrico Gualtieri, Luca Lusvarghi, Sergio Valeri, et al.. Comparing the deposition mechanisms in suspension plasma spray (SPS) and solution precursor plasma spray (SPPS) deposition of yttria-stabilised zirconia (YSZ). Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 2014, 11 p. ⟨10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2014.05.024⟩. ⟨hal-01016476⟩