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In this work, Ti3C2 MXene, a novel two-dimensional nanosheet, was introduced to waterborne polyurethane (WPU) coatings to prepare a composite coating. First, MAX phase materials were in situ etched by HF acid and further intercalated by water molecules to obtain exfoliated single-layer MXene nanosheet. And then, composite coatings were prepared via solution-blending low addition (0–0.4 wt%) of MXene, self-prepared waterborne polyacrylate emulsion (PAE) and isocyanate hardener, applying on Q235 mild steel. Results of AFM, XRD SEM and SEM–EDS confirm that single-layer MXene nanosheets with large lateral-to-thickness ratio are successfully prepared and achieved homogenous distribution within WPU matrix. With 0.4 wt% MXene incorporated, the WPU/Ti3C2 MXene composite coatings reach a lowest corrosion current of 2.143 × 10–6 A/cm2, a decrease of one order of magnitude compared with blank WPU (1.599 × 10–5 A/cm2) and own an excellent UV-blocking property (almost block the whole UV light).
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The authors acknowledge support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 21908031). Y. C. acknowledges the support from Guangdong Special Support Program (Grant No. 2017TX04N371).
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Xinxin Sheng took part in methodology, validation, investigation, data curation, writing—original draft, writing—review and editing. Sihao Li involved in investigation, review and editing, writing—review and editing. Haowei Huang took part in writing—review and editing. Yanfeng Zhao involved in conceptualization. Ying Chen took part in resources, funding acquisition. Li Zhang took part in resources, funding acquisition. Delong Xie involved in resources, writing—review and editing, supervision, project administration.
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Sheng, X., Li, S., Huang, H. et al. Anticorrosive and UV-blocking waterborne polyurethane composite coating containing novel two-dimensional Ti3C2 MXene nanosheets. J Mater Sci 56, 4212–4224 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-020-05525-2
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