POLYMER-PLASTICS TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING, cilt.57, ss.242-250, 2018 (SCI-Expanded)
The poly(carbazole-co-pyrrole) copolymer was synthesized on TiO2 sol-gel precoated 304 stainless steel (TiO2) by cyclic voltammetry in tetrabutylammonium perchlorate containing acetonitrile solution. The synthesized coating was characterized by attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and solid-state conductivity measurements. Corrosion protection behavior of the TiO2/poly(carbazole-co-pyrrole)-coated steel was evaluated by open circuit potential-time curves, potentiodynamic polarization, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy methods. Corrosion test results showed that TiO2/poly(carbazole-co-pyrrole) composite film enhanced corrosion resistance of stainless steel up to 50 days of immersion in 0.1M HCl corrosive medium.