Air plasma sprayed high-entropy AlCoCrFeNiY coating with excellent oxidation and spallation resistance under cyclic oxidation at 1050–1150 °C

An AlCoCrFeNiY high-entropy alloy coating was prepared using air plasma spray. The cyclic oxidation behavior of the coating was investigated and compared with that of a conventional NiCoCrAlY coating. It is demonstrated that the AlCoCrFeNiY coating exhibits much stronger resistance to oxidation and spallation than the NiCoCrAlY coating when they are thermally cycled between room temperature and 1050-1150 °C. The difference is attributed to a much lower growth rate of the oxide scale on the AlCoCrFeNiY coating as a result of its significantly higher activation energy of oxidation and the absence of spinel.