This invention relates to a gradient-structured rare-earth
nitride-coated
ceramic solid solution-strengthened high-wear-resistant
refractory high-entropy
alloy coating and its preparation method. First, an optimized
sol-
gel method is used to in-situ coat a nano-scale YN layer onto the surface of micron-sized Si3N4 particles, constructing a core-shell structured YN@Si3N4 composite precursor. Subsequently, this precursor is mixed with pre-alloyed TiZrNbMo high-entropy
alloy powder in different proportions, and a base layer, a
transition layer, and a wear-resistant functional layer are sequentially constructed on the
substrate surface from the inside out using
laser cladding technology. The amount of YN@Si3N4 added in this gradient
coating increases in a gradient distribution from 0 to 3.0 wt.%, effectively alleviating the thermal stress mismatch between the
coating and the substrate. This invention achieves synergistic strengthening through Si substitution
solid solution and N interstitial
solid solution, while eliminating brittle phase segregation,
porosity, and crack defects through gradient structure design and
melt pool dynamics control, preparing a single-phase BCC structure coating with both high strength and
toughness and excellent
wear resistance, significantly improving the service reliability of
aerospace components under extreme conditions.