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Graphene-modified hybrid coating for improving the atomic oxygen erosion resistance of Kapton

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To improve the atomic oxygen (AO) erosion resistance of Kapton for application as an aerospace material in low earth orbit (LEO), a graphene-modified polysiloxane-60 vol.% SiO2 (G-PSS) composite coating was prepared and tested for AO exposure at a total flux of 1.86 × 1020 atoms/cm2. The prepared coating with a thickness of 5 μm was smooth, with good adhesion and no macroscopic defects. Its AO erosion yield was 9.77 × 10−27–1.25 × 10−26 cm3/atom, which was about three orders and one order of magnitude lower than that of Kapton and polysiloxane-60vol.%SiO2 (PSS) hybrid coating, respectively. The beneficial effect of graphene was attributed to the effective inhibition of gas permeation by the single-layer graphene due to its unique structure and the more stable epoxy groups produced during the reaction of graphene with AO.

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This work was supported by the Fund of Science and Technology on Advanced Functional Composites Laboratory (Grant No. 6142906210305).

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    Zhiyao Cui, Yi Zhang, Guangqi He, Jingjun Xu, Jun Zuo & Meishuan Li

  2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China

    Yi Zhang

  3. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819, China

    Guangqi He

  4. Quanzhou Vocational and Technical University, Jinjiang, 362268, China

    Linshan Wang

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Cui, Z., Zhang, Y., He, G. et al. Graphene-modified hybrid coating for improving the atomic oxygen erosion resistance of Kapton. J Coat Technol Res 21, 401–411 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11998-023-00832-0

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