Preparation and corrosion protection of VB2 modified trimer aniline-reduced graphene oxide(VTA-rGO) coatings

Abstract

Abstract In this paper, VB2 had been added to modify the simple oligoanilines integrated with rGO for further improving the corrosion protection properties. Trimer aniline (TA) had been synthesized to fabricate a novel composite with rGO after functionalized with VB2. Through the combination of VTA and rGO, enhanced electrical properties were discovered, which were attributed to the graphitic structure and the π-π* interactions between rGO and VTA. As a result, VTA-rGO composite provided excellent barrier performance against corrosive electrolyte diffusion and owned better corrosion protection properties than TA and VTA individually, with the combination of VTA and rGO.