Graphene-induced enhanced anticorrosion performance of waterborne epoxy resin coating

doi:10.1007/s11706-020-0507-7

Front. Mater. Sci.

2020, Vol. 14

Issue (2) : 211-220 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11706-020-0507-7

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Graphene-induced enhanced anticorrosion performance of waterborne epoxy resin coating

Huan-Yan XU(

), Dan LU, Xu HAN

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin 150040, China

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Abstract

In this work, waterborne epoxy resin E44 and graphene were employed as the matrix and nanofiller, respectively, to construct composite coatings with enhanced anticorrosion performance. XRD pattern and TEM observation indicated that the obtained graphene had a stacked structure of few-layer graphitic sheets with numbers of wrinkles. SEM observations revealed that no defects or microcracks existed on the surface of graphene/epoxy coatings and the internal micropores and microcracks were filled by graphene. FTIR spectra displayed that all the characteristic absorption peaks were attributed to the epoxy resin cured with polyamide. The Tafel polarization curves showed that, as the graphene addition amount increased, the corrosive potential increased and the corrosive current decreased. ESI results proved that the addition of graphene into epoxy coatings could not only increase the impedance arc in Nyquist plots, but also increase the impedance modulus at low frequency. Finally, the enhanced anticorrosion mechanism was proposed and discussed.

Keywords graphene waterborne epoxy anticorrosion electrochemical property

Corresponding Author(s): Huan-Yan XU

Online First Date: 14 May 2020 Issue Date: 27 May 2020

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Huan-Yan XU,Dan LU,Xu HAN. Graphene-induced enhanced anticorrosion performance of waterborne epoxy resin coating[J]. Front. Mater. Sci., 2020, 14(2): 211-220.

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Fig.1 XRD patterns of graphite and graphene.

Fig.2 TEM observation of graphene.

Fig.3 Surface morphologies of (a) GEP02, (b) GEP04 and (c) GEP06 coatings.

Fig.4 Fracture morphologies of (a) GEP02, (b) GEP04 and (c) GEP06 coatings.

Fig.5 FTIR spectra of EP (a), GEP02 (b), GEP04 (c) and GEP06 (d) coatings.

Fig.6 Hardness grades of different GEP coatings.

Fig.7 Adhesive force levels of different GEP coatings.

Fig.8 Tafel polarization curves of EP (a), GEP02 (b), GEP04 (c) and GEP06 (d) coatings.

Fig.9 Nyquist plots of different GEP coatings.

Fig.10 Bode modulus plots of different GEP coatings.

Fig.11 Photographs of different GEP coatings before and after NSS experiments.

Fig.12 Schematic diagram on the enhanced anticorrosion mechanism of GEP coating.

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