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Journal of Chinese Society for Corrosion and protection  2026, Vol. 46 Issue (3): 767-776    DOI: 10.11902/1005.4537.2025.177
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Thermal Conductivity and Corrosion Resistance of Epoxy Composite Coatings with Polydopamine Modified Mult-scale Boron Nitrides
LIU Suyun1, LI Wanting2, ZHOU Runqi1, LIU Rui2(), DONG Zhijun1, LIU Li2, WANG Fuhui2
1.Institute of Technology for Future Industry, Shenzhen University of Information Technology, Shenzhen 518172, China
2.Corrosion and Protection Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
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LIU Suyun, LI Wanting, ZHOU Runqi, LIU Rui, DONG Zhijun, LIU Li, WANG Fuhui. Thermal Conductivity and Corrosion Resistance of Epoxy Composite Coatings with Polydopamine Modified Mult-scale Boron Nitrides. Journal of Chinese Society for Corrosion and protection, 2026, 46(3): 767-776.

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Abstract  

The effect of the addition of polydopamine modified multi-scale boron nitrides (PDA-BN) on the thermal conductivity and corrosion resistance of epoxy resin composite coatings was assessed, special attention was paid to the influence of the addition of polydopamine modified multi-scale BN with different ratios on the performance of epoxy composite coating, then the optimal ratio for different dopamine modified multi-scale BNs was acquired. The results showed that the addition of the multi-scale PDA-BN can improve the thermal conductivity of epoxy coatings. The optimal ratio of PDA-BN (5-10 μm) to PDA-BN (1-2 μm) is 5:1, and when the total addition amount of PDA-BNs is 10%, the thermal conductivity can reach 0.3748 W·m-1·K-1. In addition, the thermal conductivity of the coatings increases with the increase of the amount of multi-scale PDA-BN addition. When the amount is low (5%-20%), the multi-scale PDA-BN are uniformly dispersed, which can improve the protective performance of the epoxy composite coatings. When the addition reaches 30%, aggregations defects appear inside the coatings, and the protective performance of PDA-BN epoxy composite coatings sharply decreases. 15% multi-scale PDA-BN addition in the composite coatings has a higher thermal conductivity (0.4207 W·m-1·K-1) and the optimal protective performance (|Z|0.01 Hz of the coatings maintained 1.47 × 109 Ω·cm2) even after immersion in 3.5%NaCl solution for 14 d.

Key words:  boron nitrides (BN)      modification      organic coatings      thermal conductivity      anticorrosion performance     
Received:  10 June 2025      32134.14.1005.4537.2025.177
ZTFLH:  TG174  
Fund: Shenzhen Science and Technology Program(JCYJ20241202130800001);Shenzhen Science and Technology Program(KCXFZ20240903094159005);Shenzhen Science and Technology Program(20220817212651001);Guangdong Provincial Department of Education Project(2023KTSCX323)
Corresponding Authors:  LIU Rui, E-mail: liurui@mail.neu.edu.cn

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https://www.jcscp.org/EN/10.11902/1005.4537.2025.177     OR     https://www.jcscp.org/EN/Y2026/V46/I3/767

Fig.1  XRD spectra (a), XPS survey spectra (b) and high-resolution of C 1s (c) and N 1s (d) for BN1, BN2, PDA-BN1 and PDA-BN2
SampleBNCO
BN149.4038.799.632.18
PDA-BN113.8415.5256.4514.09
BN248.4039.989.332.29
PDA-BN221.0717.9450.0510.94
Table 1  Content of elements in BN before and after PDA modification
Fig.2  SEM morphologies of BN1 (a), PDA-BN1 (b), BN2 (c) and PDA-BN2 (d)
Fig.3  Thermal conductivity of EP and different PDA-BN/EP composite coatings
Fig.4  Optical images of BN-resin- xylene dispersions (left) and PDA-BN-epoxy-xylene dispersions (right) after standing for 3 h (a), 48 h (b) and 192 h (c) (fillers content is 10%)
Fig.5  Cross-sectional SEM morphologies of EP coating (a), PDA-BN-5/EP (b), PDA-BN-10/EP (c), PDA-BN-15/EP (d), PDA-BN-20/EP (e), PDA-BN-30/EP (f) and the corresponding partial enlarged images (a2-f2)
Fig.6  Nyquist of EP (a), PDA-BN-5/EP (b), PDA-BN-10/EP (c), PDA-BN-15/EP (d), PDA-BN-20/EP (e), PDA-BN-30/EP (f) coatings, Bode plots (a2-f2), and the corresponding equivalent circuit
Fig.7  |Z|0.01Hz (a) and fitting results of Rct (b) during immersion in 3.5%NaCl solution for different time
Fig.8  Thermal conductivity and anticorrosion mechanism of the multi-sized PDA-BN epoxy composite coatings
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