Abstract
High-entropy carbide ceramics (Ti0.25Zr0.25Nb0.25Ta0.25)C with a single-phase rock-salt structure were prepared by hot-pressed sintering. These ceramics were irradiated with 500 keV He2+ ions to fluences of 5 × 1016 ions·cm−2 and 1 × 1017 ions·cm−2 at room temperature to 700 °C. The investigation into irradiation-induced lattice swelling was conducted using grazing incident X-ray diffraction, while microstructure evolution was characterized through transmission electron microscopy. Lattice expansion induced by the He ion irradiation was identified, which highly depends on the irradiation temperature and fluence. Notably, the lattice expansion diminishes with rising irradiation temperature primarily as a result of the dynamic annealing effect. Nano-sized He bubbles, with an average diameter of less than 1 nm were uniformly dispersed within the grain interior. Notably, He bubble nucleation does not exhibit a preference for grain boundaries at 700 °C irradiation. Following He ion irradiation at 350 °C and 700 °C, dislocation loops of 1/3<111> and 1/2<110> with sizes in the ranges of several nanometers were observed. The present study provides insights into high-entropy carbide ceramics with potential applications in the field of nuclear energy.
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