Effect of solvents on the preparation and corrosion protection of polypyrrole

Qingyu Yan, Wenyan Pan, Shasha Zhong, Rilong Zhu*, Guoxi Li

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Abstract

To clarify the effect of solvents with different donor number (DN) on the preparation and corrosion protection ability of polypyrrole (PPy) films, PPy were firstly synthesized in water or acetonitrile or nitromethane solutions containing NaClO 4 + pyrrole by a potentiostatic method. The corrosion protection performances of these films with stainless steel as a substrate were investigated by open circuit potential, potentiodynamic polarization and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy in 1 M H 2 SO 4 . Results indicated that all PPy films showed spherical structure in scanning electron microscopy photograph and corrosion protection ability. Particularly, PPy prepared in nitromethane solutions performed the best due to the lowest DN value. Nitromethane had the weakest interaction with the intermediates of pyrrole polymerization which results in the smallest particles, the most compact accumulation, the highest conductivity and the longest conjugated chain.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)298-304
Number of pages7
JournalProgress in Organic Coatings
Volume132
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2019
Externally publishedYes

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© 2019 Elsevier B.V.

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • General Chemical Engineering
  • Surfaces, Coatings and Films
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry

Keywords

  • Conductive polymer
  • Corrosion protection
  • Donor number
  • Polypyrrole
  • Stainless steel

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