Abstract: Oxidation of carbon materials limit their applications as structural materials in aerospace fields.TaC coating can improve the anti-ablation and against oxidation at high-temperature effectively.The new advancement of oxidation resistant TaC coatings, including single-phase, multi-layer composite coatings, gradient and the second phase toughening coatings were reviewed, the oxidation mechanism of TaC coatings in high-temperature(>2000 ℃) were also introduced.In addition, the main research direction of depend on the problem in present research were also proposed.

Key words: Oxidation of carbon materials limit their applications as structural materials in aerospace fields.TaC coating can improve the anti-ablation and against oxidation at high-temperature effectively.The new advancement of oxidation resistant TaC coatings, including single-phase, multi-layer composite coatings, gradient and the second phase toughening coatings were reviewed, the oxidation mechanism of TaC coatings in high-temperature(>2000 ℃) were also introduced.In addition, the main research direction of depend on the problem in present research were also proposed.