A Facile Approach to Deposit Graphenaceous Composite Coatings by Suspension Plasma Spraying
Journal article, 2019

This paper demonstrates, for the first time ever, the deposition of graphenaceous composite coatings using an easy, yet robust, suspension plasma spraying (SPS) process. As a case study, a composite coating comprising 8 wt.% of yttria-stabilized-zirconia (8YSZ) and reinforced with graphene oxide (GO) was deposited on a steel substrate. The coatings were sprayed using an 8YSZ-GO mixed suspension with varied plasma spray parameters. Establishing the possibility of retaining the graphene in a ceramic matrix using SPS was of specific interest. Electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy confirmed the presence of graphenaceous material distributed throughout the coating in the 8YSZ matrix. The experimental results discussed in this work confirm that SPS is an immensely attractive pathway to incorporate a graphenaceous material into virtually any matrix material and can potentially have major implications in enabling the deposition of large-area graphene-containing coatings for diverse functional applications.

coating

graphene

Raman

ceramic composites

yttria-stabilized-zirconia

suspension plasma spray

Author

Ashish Ganvir

GKN Aerospace Sweden

Stefan Björklund

University West

Yiming Yao

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Materials and manufacture

Shrikant V.S.S. Vadali

University of Hyderabad

Uta Klement

Chalmers, Industrial and Materials Science, Materials and manufacture

Shrikant Joshi

University West

Coatings

20796412 (eISSN)

Vol. 9 3 171

Large area deposition of graphene-containing coatings for diverse functional applications

VINNOVA (2018-03315), 2018-12-01 -- 2020-12-31.

VINNOVA (2018-03315), 2018-12-01 -- 2020-12-31.

Subject Categories

Materials Engineering

Areas of Advance

Production

Materials Science

DOI

10.3390/coatings9030171

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3/21/2023