The effect of graphene orientation on permeability and corrosion initiation under composite coatings

Fuente: arXiv
Salvato in:
Dettagli Bibliografici
Autori principali: Shaker, Majid, Salahinejad, Erfan, Cao, Weiqi, Meng, Xiaomin, Asl, Vahdat Zahedi, Ge, Qi
Natura: Preprint
Pubblicazione: 2026
Soggetti:
Accesso online:
Tags: Aggiungi Tag
Nessun Tag, puoi essere il primo ad aggiungerne!!
_version_ 1866908834410266624
author Shaker, Majid
Salahinejad, Erfan
Cao, Weiqi
Meng, Xiaomin
Asl, Vahdat Zahedi
Ge, Qi
author_facet Shaker, Majid
Salahinejad, Erfan
Cao, Weiqi
Meng, Xiaomin
Asl, Vahdat Zahedi
Ge, Qi
contents The unique anisotropic properties of graphene, particularly impermeability, have made it a promising candidate for further advances in corrosion prevention applications. Despite the large number of experimental works divulging the use of graphene in anticorrosion coatings, there is no report on the numerical modelling and simulation of the relationships between the orientation of graphene sheets in composite coatings and the introduced corrosion protection efficiency, to our knowledge. Herein, it is tried to model the influence of the orientation of graphene sheets dispersed in organic coatings on the diffusivity and flux of corrosive substances besides the corrosion initiation time of the protected substrates. To discover the relationship between the graphene orientation and corrosion-related phenomena, this study introduces a novel model consisting of a trigonometric factor named unprotected projected surface area proportion, which calculates corrosion-related parameters based on the principal Fick's laws. The model reveals that the decrease in the angle between graphene sheets and the substrate is highly beneficial for postponing the corrosion onset. It is accordingly estimated that a mismatch angle of 10 degree can slow down the diffusion process significantly and delay the corrosion initiation by around 65 times in a 100 micron thick epoxy/graphene composite coating in comparison to the counterpart with the perpendicular alignment. The predicted corrosion parameters were in a good agreement with the experimental data, indicating the merit of the proposed model. Thus, this model can be further employed as the fundamental of future research on the optimum graphene orientation in anticorrosion composite coatings.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2602_13256
institution arXiv
publishDate 2026
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle The effect of graphene orientation on permeability and corrosion initiation under composite coatings
Shaker, Majid
Salahinejad, Erfan
Cao, Weiqi
Meng, Xiaomin
Asl, Vahdat Zahedi
Ge, Qi
Applied Physics
Materials Science
Chemical Physics
The unique anisotropic properties of graphene, particularly impermeability, have made it a promising candidate for further advances in corrosion prevention applications. Despite the large number of experimental works divulging the use of graphene in anticorrosion coatings, there is no report on the numerical modelling and simulation of the relationships between the orientation of graphene sheets in composite coatings and the introduced corrosion protection efficiency, to our knowledge. Herein, it is tried to model the influence of the orientation of graphene sheets dispersed in organic coatings on the diffusivity and flux of corrosive substances besides the corrosion initiation time of the protected substrates. To discover the relationship between the graphene orientation and corrosion-related phenomena, this study introduces a novel model consisting of a trigonometric factor named unprotected projected surface area proportion, which calculates corrosion-related parameters based on the principal Fick's laws. The model reveals that the decrease in the angle between graphene sheets and the substrate is highly beneficial for postponing the corrosion onset. It is accordingly estimated that a mismatch angle of 10 degree can slow down the diffusion process significantly and delay the corrosion initiation by around 65 times in a 100 micron thick epoxy/graphene composite coating in comparison to the counterpart with the perpendicular alignment. The predicted corrosion parameters were in a good agreement with the experimental data, indicating the merit of the proposed model. Thus, this model can be further employed as the fundamental of future research on the optimum graphene orientation in anticorrosion composite coatings.
title The effect of graphene orientation on permeability and corrosion initiation under composite coatings
topic Applied Physics
Materials Science
Chemical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.13256