欧洲、美国、日本已开展蒸汽温度为700 °C 及以上的先进超超临界(A-USC) 发电厂用材料开发项目，以实现更高能效和低二氧化碳排放量。近年来中国、印度等也开展了上述项目的开发和研究。这些项目涉及采用镍基合金更换马氏体9%~12%Cr 钢以用于最高温度的锅炉和涡轮部件，从而在700 °C 及以上温度下提供充足的蠕变强度。为尽量减少对昂贵的镍基合金的需求，马氏体9%~12%Cr 钢可用于A-USC 电厂中的次高温部件(最高温度不超过650 °C)。本文综述了A-USC 电厂厚型材锅炉和涡轮部件用镍基合金和马氏体9%~12%Cr 钢的研究和开发，主要关注高温下基底金属和焊缝的长期蠕变断裂强度、焊缝强度损失、蠕变疲劳性质和显微结构演化。

Materials-development projects for advanced ultra-supercritical (A-USC) power plants with steam temperatures of 700 °C and above have been performed in order to achieve high efficiency and low CO₂ emissions in Europe, the US, Japan, and recently in China and India as well. These projects involve the replacement of martensitic 9%−12% Cr steels with nickel (Ni)-base alloys for the highest temperature boiler and turbine components in order to provide sufficient creep strength at 700 °C and above. To minimize the require­ment for expensive Ni-base alloys, martensitic 9%−12% Cr steels can be applied to the next highest temperature components of an A-USC power plant, up to a maximum of 650 °C. This paper comprehensively describes the research and development of Ni-base alloys and martensitic 9%−12% Cr steels for thick section boiler and turbine components of A-USC power plants, mainly focusing on the long-term creep-rupture strength of base metal and welded joints, strength loss in welded joints, creep-fatigue properties, and microstructure evolution during exposure at elevated temperatures.