Anticorrosive and UV-blocking waterborne polyurethane composite coating containing novel two-dimensional Ti3C2 MXene nanosheets

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In this work, Ti3C2 MXene, a novel two-dimensional nanosheet, was introduced to waterborne polyurethane (WPU) coatings to prepare a composite coating. First, MAX phase materials were in situ etched by HF acid and further intercalated by water molecules to obtain exfoliated single-layer MXene nanosheet. And then, composite coatings were prepared via solution-blending low addition (0-0.4 wt%) of MXene, self-prepared waterborne polyacrylate emulsion (PAE) and isocyanate hardener, applying on Q235 mild steel. Results of AFM, XRD SEM and SEM-EDS confirm that single-layer MXene nanosheets with large lateral-to-thickness ratio are successfully prepared and achieved homogenous distribution within WPU matrix. With 0.4 wt% MXene incorporated, the WPU/Ti3C2 MXene composite coatings reach a lowest corrosion current of 2.143 x 10(-6) A/cm(2), a decrease of one order of magnitude compared with blank WPU (1.599 x 10(-5) A/cm(2)) and own an excellent UV-blocking property (almost block the whole UV light).

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