Authors
Huimin XIANG, Science and Technology on Advanced Functional Composite Laboratory, Aerospace Research Institute of Materials & Processing Technology, Beijing 100076, China
Yan XING, New Energy Technology Engineering Laboratory of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China
Fu-zhi DAI, Science and Technology on Advanced Functional Composite Laboratory, Aerospace Research Institute of Materials & Processing Technology, Beijing 100076, China
Hongjie WANG, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
Lei SU, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
Lei MIAO, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Information Materials, Guangxi Collaborative Innovation Center of Structure and Property for New Energy and Material, School of Material Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, China
Guojun ZHANG, Institute of Functional Material, College of Material Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
Yiguang WANG, Institute of Advanced Structure Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
Xiwei QI, College of Metallurgy and Energy, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063210, China
Lei YAO, College of Material Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
Hailong WANG, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Biao ZHAO, Henan Key Laboratory of Aeronautical Materials and Application Technology, School of Material Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics, Zhengzhou 450046, China
Jianqiang LI, National Engineering Laboratory for Hydrometallurgical Cleaner Production Technology, CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
Keywords
high-entropy ceramics (HECs), processing, structure, properties, applications
Abstract
High-entropy ceramics (HECs) are solid solutions of inorganic compounds with one or more Wyckoff sites shared by equal or near-equal atomic ratios of multi-principal elements. Although in the infant stage, the emerging of this new family of materials has brought new opportunities for material design and property tailoring. Distinct from metals, the diversity in crystal structure and electronic structure of ceramics provides huge space for properties tuning through band structure engineering and phonon engineering. Aside from strengthening, hardening, and low thermal conductivity that have already been found in high-entropy alloys, new properties like colossal dielectric constant, super ionic conductivity, severe anisotropic thermal expansion coefficient, strong electromagnetic wave absorption, etc., have been discovered in HECs. As a response to the rapid development in this nascent field, this article gives a comprehensive review on the structure features, theoretical methods for stability and property prediction, processing routes, novel properties, and prospective applications of HECs. The challenges on processing, characterization, and property predictions are also emphasized. Finally, future directions for new material exploration, novel processing, fundamental understanding, in-depth characterization, and database assessments are given.
Publisher
Tsinghua University Press
Recommended Citation
Huimin XIANG, Yan XING, Fu-zhi DAI, Hongjie WANG, Lei SU, Lei MIAO, Guojun ZHANG, Yiguang WANG, Xiwei QI, Lei YAO, Hailong WANG, Biao ZHAO, Jianqiang LI, Yanchun ZHOU. High-entropy ceramics: Present status, challenges, and a look forward. Journal of Advanced Ceramics 2021, 10(3): 385-441.
