Advanced thermal barrier coating materials are necessary to improve the efficiency of next-generation gas turbine engines. As such, different TBC chemistries must be developed with enhanced temperature stability above that of 7YSZ (~1200°C) while maintaining thermal and mechanical reliability. The present study investigates the effect of rare-earth content on the mechanical properties of ZrO 2 TBCs. Various cubic compositions in the ZrO-GdO 1.5 system were investigated in the form of monolithic pellets and coatings with stoichiometric GZO