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Microstructural and compositional characterizations were conducted using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). Results indicated that the sol\u2013gel\/MAO composite coating significantly outperformed the single-layer MAO coating in corrosion resistance, primarily due to effective sealing of micro-pores and cracks by the sol\u2013gel layer, which prevented the penetration of corrosive agents. The post-immersion morphological observations were in good agreement with the EIS results. After immersion, the corrosion current density of the composite coating only increased from 10\u22126.4 to 10\u22125.1 A\/cm2, while the corrosion potential decreased from \u22121.25 V to \u22121.35 V. The post-immersion morphological observations were consistent with EIS results. Meanwhile, the composite coating can effectively mitigate the thermal control performance degradation caused by corrosion. Compared with the MAO coating, the absolute increase in solar absorptance of the sol\u2013gel\/MAO coating is reduced by 60%. After 168 h of accelerated corrosion tests in a simulated marine environment, the solar absorptance (\u03b1S) of the sol\u2013gel\/MAO coating increased by only 0.05. This study demonstrates that the combination of MAO and sol\u2013gel treatment provides a promising strategy for the development of lightweight, corrosion-resistant magnesium alloys for aerospace applications.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ma19122671","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,23]],"date-time":"2026-06-23T08:19:52Z","timestamp":1782202792000},"page":"2671","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Effects of Sol\u2013Gel Sealing on Corrosion Behavior for MAO White Thermal Control Coating on MB15 Magnesium Alloy"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"19","author":[{"given":"Jingying","family":"Bai","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Materials Science, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China"},{"name":"Beijing Xingchi Hengdong Technology Development Co., Ltd., Beijing 100090, China"},{"name":"Beijing Spacecrafts Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Beijing 100090, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0259-8969","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chen","family":"Wen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Beijing Xingchi Hengdong Technology Development Co., Ltd., Beijing 100090, China"},{"name":"Beijing Spacecrafts Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Beijing 100090, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jingkang","family":"Zhong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Beijing Xingchi Hengdong Technology Development Co., Ltd., Beijing 100090, China"},{"name":"Beijing Spacecrafts Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Beijing 100090, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kuo","family":"Zhao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Beijing Xingchi Hengdong Technology Development Co., Ltd., Beijing 100090, China"},{"name":"Beijing Spacecrafts Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Beijing 100090, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0003-1418-674X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Dongcheng","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Beijing Xingchi Hengdong Technology Development Co., Ltd., Beijing 100090, China"},{"name":"Beijing Spacecrafts Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Beijing 100090, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zishuo","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Beijing Xingchi Hengdong Technology Development Co., Ltd., Beijing 100090, China"},{"name":"Beijing Spacecrafts Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Beijing 100090, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xianhua","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Materials Science, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"262","DOI":"10.1016\/j.surfin.2019.01.004","article-title":"Review of Electrochemical Properties of Hybrid Coating Systems on Mg with Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation Process as Pretreatment","volume":"14","author":"Toorani","year":"2019","journal-title":"Surf. 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