Abstract
In this article,graphene oxide (GO) and benzotriazole-loaded mesoporous silica nanoparticles (BTA/MSNs)are combined on micro scale through the in situ polymerization of polydopamine (PDA),preparing a self-healing bi-functional GO (fGO) used as nano-fillers for anti-corrosion enhancement of waterborne epoxy(WEP) coatings.Scanning electronic microscopy (SEM) images show that the BTA/MSNs are uniformly distributed on the surface of high aspect ratio GO nanosheets to endow GO nanocontainer characteristics.UV-vis profiles demonstrate that fGO has pH-controlled release function.Modulus at lowest frequency is generally used for comparing the corrosion resistance of organic coatings.Modulus at lowest frequency(1.42 × 107 Ω cm2) after 30 days immersion in 3.5 wt.% NaCl solution revealed 2 orders of magnitude higher that of blank WEP (1.17 × 105 Ω cm2).With artificial cracks on its coatings,fGO/WEP had no obvious rust compared with blank WEP after 240 h of immersion.We anticipate that self-healing and physical barrier bi-functional nanocontainers improve the traditional anticorrosion coating efficiency with better,longer-lasting performance for shipping,oil drilling or bridge maintenance.
基金项目
National Natural Science Foundation of China(51908031)
China Scholarship Council for a graduate fellowship(201906150013)
Guangdong Special Support Program(2017TX04N371)
ES and DS thank ERC Enercapsule project(647969)
Royal Society project(IEC\R2\202163)