Journal
SURFACE & COATINGS TECHNOLOGY
Volume 450, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2022.128946
Keywords
Electrophoretic deposition; Graphene coating; Corrosion resistance; Wear resistance
Funding
- DRDO-CVRDE project [ERIP/ER/201801004/M/01/1747]
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In this study, graphene coatings of different thickness were deposited on titanium substrates using electrophoretic deposition technique. The results showed that thin coatings exhibited superior corrosion resistance and lubricating properties, while thick coatings showed better wear resistance.
Ti and its alloys have been exploited in various industrial sectors owing to its unique combination of properties. However, their poor corrosion and abrasion resistance behaviors lead to failure of industrial components. So, the purpose of this study is to improve both electrochemical and tribological properties of cp-Ti (Grade 2) by gra-phene coatings obtained through an elec-trophoretic deposition technique (EPD). In this study, two deposition times of 5 and 20 min were selected to examine the influence of coating thickness on coating properties. The surface morphology, phase purity, surface rough-ness, structure and adhesion strength of graphene coatings were investigated. The corrosion and wear resistance properties of bare Ti and graphene coat-ings were eval-uated using electrochemical workstation and reciprocating type ball-on-plate tribometer respectively. The results revealed that the smooth and compact microstructure of thin graphene coating of thickness 2.16 mu m ex-hibited superior corrosion resistance and lubricating properties (COF =-0.02) compared to thick graphene coating of thickness 11.8 mu m (COF =-0.17).This may be ascribed to higher density of defects in terms of micro-porosities and voids in case of thick coating compared to that of thin coating which resulted in reduced barrier effect against corrosive solution and slight increment in its COF value. However, thick graphene coating displayed higher durability of its lubricity behavior and good wear resistance property due to the presence of less residual stress compared to thin graphene coating as characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis. Nevertheless, both graphene coatings demonstrated significant improvement in both corrosion and wear resistance properties of bare Ti substrate, thereby acting as a potential candidate to be used as a coating material for various industrial applications.
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