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A waterborne uniform graphene oxide-epoxy complex with enhanced anticorrosive properties enabled by intercalation polymerization

  • Jingyi Li EMAIL logo , Ke Zhu and Zeli Fu
Published/Copyright: March 29, 2023
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Journal of Polymer Engineering
From the journal Journal of Polymer Engineering Volume 43 Issue 5

Abstract

Dispersion of graphene in water-based epoxy resins has always been a challenge. In this work, the stable and uniform graphene oxide modified emulsifying epoxy resin curing agents (WPA@GOs) were firstly prepared by intercalation polymerization. Subsequently, WPA@GO was used to emulsify E44 to obtain WPA@GO/E44 nano-emulsions. Compared to WPA/E44 and WPA-GO/E44, the water resistance, tensile strength, and anticorrosive properties of WPA@GO/E44 were significantly increased. The corrosion density of WPA@GO2/E44 coating decreased by 5 times and polarization impedance increased by 10 times in comparison to WPA/E44 coating.

Keywords: anticorrosion; epoxy emulsion; graphene oxide; intercalation polymerization; waterborne coating
Corresponding author: Jingyi Li, College of Chemistry and Materials, Weinan Normal University, Weinan 714099, China, E-mail:

Funding source: National Natural Science Foundation of China

Award Identifier / Grant number: 5160030644

Funding source: Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province

Award Identifier / Grant number: No. 2020JQ-899

  1. Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: The authors express sincere thanks to the Natural Science Basic Research Plan Project Specification of Shaanxi Province (no. 2020JQ-899), Natural Science Foundation of China (5160030644), Natural Science Talent Program of Weinan Normal University (18ZRRC02), and support by Education Department of Shaanxi Province Special Science Research Program (grant no. 21JK0626).

  3. Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

  4. Data availability: All data generated or analysed during this study are included in this published article (and its Supplementary Material).

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Supplementary Material

This article contains supplementary material (https://doi.org/10.1515/polyeng-2022-0295).

Received: 2022-11-28
Accepted: 2023-03-06
Published Online: 2023-03-29
Published in Print: 2023-05-25

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