Composite 2D–3D carbon-based GO/COF-300@BTA nanocontainer endowing PVB coatings with mechanical enhancement, active and passive corrosion protection properties

In this work, the carbon-based 2D-3D composite nanocontainers endowing coatings with both active and passive protection properties were constructed by the sp 2 /sp 3 hybridized carbon as a versatile strategy. The classic graphene oxide (GO, sp 2 C) and Covalent Organic Framework-300 (COF-300, sp 3 C) were chosen as examples and benzotriazole (BTA) as the inhibitor to fabricate the GO/COF-300@BTA nanocontainer. The composite nanocontainers embedded in polyvinyl butyral (PVB) coatings were applied on cupper substrates to get mechanical enhancement, active and passive corrosion protection performance. The tensile strength of GO/COF-300/PVB (12.38 Mpa) was two times higher than that pure PVB (5.96 MPa). The active protection performance was ensured by the corrosion inhibitors encapsulated in the 3D porous carbon skeleton. The passive protection performance was endowed by the maze effect of the 2D carbon-based nanosheets. The |Z| 0.01 Hz of Cu/(GO/COF-300@BTA)/PVB was higher than 10 9 Ω·cm 2 , which was two magnitudes larger than that of PVB coating, demonstrating the anti-corrosion properties. In addition, the quantum chemical calculation and molecular dynamics simulation results elaborated the adsorption states of BTA on copper substrate and the compatibility between the molecular chains of the PVB and the GO/COF-300 nanocontainer.