Citation: Jin Piao, Guan Zichao, Liang Yan, Tan Kai, Wang Xia, Song Guangling, Du Ronggui. Photocathodic Protection on Stainless Steel by Heterostructured NiO/TiO₂ Nanotube Array Film with Charge Storage Capability[J]. Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica, ;2021, 37(3): 190603. doi: 10.3866/PKU.WHXB201906033 shu

Photocathodic Protection on Stainless Steel by Heterostructured NiO/TiO₂ Nanotube Array Film with Charge Storage Capability

Jin Piao ¹ ,
Guan Zichao ¹ ,
Liang Yan ¹ ,
Tan Kai ¹ ,
Wang Xia ¹ ,
Song Guangling ^2,, ,
Du Ronggui ^1,,

1.
Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, Fujian Province, China
2.
Center for Marine Materials Corrosion and Protection, College of Materials, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, Fujian Province, China

Corresponding author: Song Guangling, guangling.song@hotmail.com Du Ronggui, rgdu@xmu.edu.cn
Received Date: 6 June 2019
Revised Date: 3 July 2019
Accepted Date: 13 July 2019
Available Online: 18 July 2019
Fund Project: The project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21573182, 51731008, 51671163, 21621091)the National Natural Science Foundation of China 21573182the National Natural Science Foundation of China 51731008the National Natural Science Foundation of China 51671163the National Natural Science Foundation of China 21621091

Photocathodic protection by TiO₂ semiconductor materials for metals has interested many corrosion researchers for years. However, a pure TiO₂ semiconductor anode can only absorb ultraviolet light and cannot maintain the photocathodic protection in the dark. This has limited its practical applications to a great extent. Overcoming these limitations is significant as well as challenging. Therefore, the objective of this work is to prepare a modified TiO₂ composite film with visible light absorption and charge storage capabilities for application in photocathodic protection. First, we fabricated an ordered TiO₂ nanotube array film on a Ti substrate by electrochemical anodization. Then, we prepared NiO nanoparticles on the film via a hydrothermal reaction to obtain a p-n heterostructured NiO/TiO₂ nanotube array composite film. The properties of the prepared films were investigated by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy, photoluminescence spectroscopy, and photoelectrochemical techniques. The results indicated that the electrochemically anodized TiO₂ film had an anatase phase structure and consisted of vertically ordered nanotubes with an inner diameter of about 80 nm and length of 250 nm. After the NiO nanoparticles were deposited on the film, the TiO₂ nanotube array structure remained intact. The main phase of TiO₂ was still anatase, but the light absorption of the NiO/TiO₂ composite film was extended into the visible region, which was in contrast to that of the simple TiO₂ film. Moreover, the composite film showed lower photoluminescence intensities than the TiO₂ film, implying that a higher charge carrier separation efficiency could be achieved by modification with NiO. Under white light illumination, the photocurrent density of the NiO/TiO₂ composite film in a mixed solution of 0.5 mol·L^-1 KOH and 1 mol·L^-1 CH₃OH reached 176 μA·cm^-2, which was 2 times higher than that of the simple TiO₂ nanotube film, indicating that the composite film had improved photoelectric conversion efficiency and photoelectrochemical properties. The potential of 403 stainless steel (403SS) in 0.5 mol·L^-1 NaCl solution decreased by 380 and 440 mV relative to its corrosion potential when coupled to the TiO₂ film and NiO/TiO₂ composite film, respectively, under white light illumination. This indicated that the heterostructured NiO/TiO₂ film as a photoanode could produce more effective photocathodic protection on the steel as compared with the pure TiO₂ film. Even after 2.5 h of illumination, the composite film could continuously provide photocathodic protection to 403SS for about 15.5 h in the dark, suggesting that the NiO/TiO₂ composite film had a charge storage capability that was significant for its practical applications.
- Anodic oxidation,
- Hydrothermal treatment,
- TiO₂ nanotube,
- NiO,
- Photoelectrochemistry,
- Photocathodic protection,
- Stainless steel
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