Published June 2019 | Version v1
Journal article

A polyethyleneimine-grafted graphene oxide hybrid nanomaterial: Synthesis and anti-corrosion applications

  • 1. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049 (China)
  • 2. Key Laboratory of Marine Materials and Related Technologies, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Marine Materials and Protective Technologies, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315201 (China)
  • 3. State Grid Zhejiang Electric Power Corporation Ningbo Power Supply Company Co., Ltd, Ningbo 315201 (China)

Description

In this work, a polyethyleneimine-grafted graphene oxide (PEI-GO) hybrid material was prepared as an effective filler to improve the anticorrosion performance of waterborne epoxy coating. The successful covalent reaction between PEI and GO was confirmed by FTIR, Raman, XPS, XRD and TGA measurement. The epoxy coating filled with modified and unmodified graphene oxide was characterized by SEM and Raman spectroscopy. The results showed that PEI-GO was uniformly dispersed in the epoxy matrix. It was found that the PEI-GO hybrid materials displayed considerable superiorities in improving corrosion resistance of epoxy coating by EIS and SVET. Besides, the optimal content (0.25 wt%) of PEI-GO was obtained through experimental results. Moreover, the desirable anticorrosive property of PEI-GO/EP composite coating is proposed to be mainly attributed to the role of PEI, which fully stimulated the barrier properties of graphene oxide by improving its dispersion in the epoxy coating and also enhanced the crosslink density of epoxy resin by increasing the surface activity of the graphene oxide to the epoxy groups.

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DOI
10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.02.193;
PII
S0169433219305446;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Applied Surface Science
Journal Volume
479
Journal Page Range
p. 963-973
ISSN
0169-4332
CODEN
ASUSEE

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