Corrosion Resistance of the GO/ZIF-8 Hybrid Loading Benzotriazole as a Multifunctional Composite Filler-Modified MgAlY Layered Double Hydroxide Coating

A composite coating with good load-carrying and controlled release capabilities for the corrosion inhibitor benzotriazole (BTA) was prepared while providing active and passive corrosion protection for magnesium alloy systems. In this paper, the organic corrosion inhibitor BTA was loaded into the ZIF-8/GO hybrid (GZB), and then, the GZB composite was coated with hexadecyltrimethoxysilane (HDTMS). Then, the GZB composites carried by HDTMS were made to adhere a ternary MgAlY layered double hydroxide (LDH) coating based on microarc oxidation (MAO) coating by electrophoresis (Si-MgAlY LDH coating). The successful loading of BTA by GZB composites was verified by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Meanwhile, the Si-MgAlY LDH coating was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. The potentiodynamic polarization curves show that the corrosion current density of the Si-MgAlY LDH coating reaches (2.08 ± 0.49) × 10–9 A/cm2, which means that the Si-MgAlY LDH coating greatly improves the corrosion resistance of magnesium alloy AZ31. The Si-MgAlY LDH coating can also achieve self-healing function in harsh environments, which is attributed to the synergistic effect of passive and active protection. The composite coating is of great significance to expand the potential applications of magnesium alloys.