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Research Article | Open Access

High-entropy rare-earth diborodicarbide: A novel class of high-entropy (Y0.25Yb0.25Dy0.25Er0.25)B2C2 ceramics

Huidong Xua,b, Longfei Jianga, Ke Chena,b, Qing Huanga,b, Xiaobing Zhoua,b( )
Engineering Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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A novel class of high-entropy rare-earth metal diborodicarbide (Y0.25Yb0.25Dy0.25Er0.25)B2C2 (HE-REB2C2) ceramics was successfully fabricated using the in-situ reactive spark plasma sintering (SPS) technology for the first time. Single solid solution with a typical tetragonal structure was formed, having a homogeneous distribution of four rare-earth elements, such as Y, Yb, Dy, and Er. Coefficients of thermal expansion (CTEs) along the a and c directions (αa and αc) were determined to be 4.18 and 16.06 μK−1, respectively. Thermal expansion anisotropy of the as-obtained HE-REB2C2 was attributed to anisotropy of the crystal structure of HE-REB2C2. The thermal conductivity (k) of HE-REB2C2 was 9.2±0.09 W·m−1·K−1, which was lower than that of YB2C2 (19.2±0.07 W·m−1·K−1), DyB2C2 (11.9±0.06 W·m−1·K−1), and ErB2C2 (12.1±0.03 W·m−1·K−1), due to high-entropy effect and sluggish diffusion effect of high-entropy ceramics (HECs). Furthermore, Vickers hardness of HE-REB2C2 was slightly higher than that of REB2C2 owing to the solid solution hardening mechanism of HECs. Typical nano-laminated fracture morphologies, such as kink boundaries, delamination, and slipping were observed at the tip of Vickers indents, suggesting ductile behavior of HE-REB2C2. This newly investigated class of ductile HE-REB2C2 ceramics expanded the family of HECs to diboridcarbide compounds, which can lead to more research works on high-entropy rare-earth diboridcarbides in the near future.

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high-entropy rare-earth diboridcarbide(Y0.25Yb0.25Dy0.25Er0.25)B2C2 (REB2C2)high-entropy ceramics (HECs)thermal propertydamage tolerance

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Journal of Advanced Ceramics
Volume 12 Issue 7,
July 2023
Pages 1430-1440
DOI: 10.26599/JAC.2023.9220765
Cite this article:
Xu H, Jiang L, Chen K, et al. High-entropy rare-earth diborodicarbide: A novel class of high-entropy (Y0.25Yb0.25Dy0.25Er0.25)B2C2 ceramics. Journal of Advanced Ceramics, 2023, 12(7): 1430-1440. https://doi.org/10.26599/JAC.2023.9220765

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Received: 04 April 2025
Revised: 05 October 2023
Accepted: 05 October 2023
Published: 19 June 2023
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