Incorporation of Graphene Oxide Modified with Polyamide Curing Agent into the Epoxy-Zinc Composite Coating for Promoting Its Corrosion Resistance

• Published in: Polymers Vol. 15; no. 8; p. 1873
• Main Authors: He, Shengjun, Wei, Guangxiong, Zhang, Zhengnan, Yang, Lifeng, Lin, Yuebin, Du, Longji, Du, Xusheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 13.04.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Carbon; carbon steel; Cathodic protection; Coating effects; Coatings; Corrosion and anti-corrosives; Corrosion effects; Corrosion prevention; Corrosion resistance; Curing; Curing agents; Diffraction; Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; Electrodes; Epoxy resins; epoxy-zinc coating; Fourier transforms; Graphene; graphene oxide; Graphite; Immersion tests (corrosion); Infrared spectroscopy; intercalation; Interlayers; Paints; Polyamide resins; Polyamides; Polymers; Protective coatings; Raman spectroscopy; Spectrum analysis; surface modification; X-rays; Zinc coatings; China; graphene oxide; epoxy-zinc coating; intercalation; corrosion resistance; surface modification; carbon steel
• ISSN: 2073-4360; 2073-4360
• DOI: 10.3390/polym15081873

To promote the anticorrosion performance of epoxy/zinc (EP/Zn) coating, graphene oxide (GO) was directly incorporated into dual-component paint. Interestingly, it was found that the method of incorporating GO during the fabrication of the composite paints strongly influenced their performance. The samples were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and Raman spectroscopy. The results indicated that GO could be intercalated and modified with the polyamide curing agent while preparing component B of the paint, for which the interlayer spacing of the resulting polyamide modified GO (PGO) increased, and its dispersion in organic solvent was improved. The corrosion resistance of the coatings was studied through potentiodynamic polarization testing, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), and immersion testing. Among the three types of as-prepared coatings, i.e., neat EP/Zn coating, GO modified EP/Zn coating (GO/EP/Zn), and PGO-modified EP/Zn coating (PGO/EP/Zn), the order of the corrosion resistance of the coatings was PGO/EP/Zn > GO/EP/Zn > neat EP/Zn. This work demonstrates that although the in situ modification of GO with a curing agent is a simple method, it evidently promotes the shielding effect of the coating and enhances its corrosion resistance.