Webpage: http://thermalspray.xjtu.edu.cn/

The Thermal Spray Laboratory of Xi’an Jiaotong University (TSL-XJTU) was found in 1993. The laboratory is attached to the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University. It is one of research groups in the State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Strength of Materials. The vision of the TSL is to perform the cutting-edge R&D in thermal spray field in terms of both fundamental researches and application developments. The application researches and developments are aimed at finding basic solutions for various industries through development of High Performance Protective Coatings including superhard wear resistance coating, corrosion and oxidation resistant coatings, nanostructured functional coatings, advanced thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) for different severe operating conditions. Typical coating materials include WC-Co and Cr3C2-NiCr hard cermet, oxide ceramics such as ZrO2-based oxide (YSZ, ScSZ) ceramics and rare earth oxide ceramics, intermetallic compound such as FeAl and NiAl systems, and superalloys and so on. Moreover, functional porous materials are also under developments with the porosity of up to 80% for dfferent ceramics and metal alloys. The development of functional coatings is also the subject pursued in this laboratory aiming at fabrication technology development of functional devices through layering of coatings. The major projects are focused on fabrication technology developments of SOFC (Solid Oxide Fuel Cells) and DSC (Dye-sensitized Solar Cells), perovskite solar cells, structured functional surface of hydrophobicity. The fundamental researches are focusing on the understanding of interaction between materials and high temperature high velocity spraying heat sources, thermal spray coating formation process mechanisms, splat microstructure evolution and control, characterization of coating microstructure and properties, the relationships between coating microstructure and properties.