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In this work, a green bifunctional Z-scheme CuOx\/Ag\/P25 heterostructure coating material was designed to achieve the coordination of corrosion prevention and antifouling by matching the redox potential of the reactive oxygen species and the corrosion potential of 304SS. When CuOx\/Ag\/P25 heterostructure was coupled with the protected metal, the open circuit potential under illumination negatively shifted about 240 mV (vs. Ag\/AgCl) and the photoinduced current density reached 16.6 \u03bcA cm\u22122. At the same time, more reactive oxygen species were produced by the Z-shape structure, and then the photocatalytic sterilization effect was stronger. Combined with the chemical sterilization of Ag and the oxide of Cu, the bacterial survival rate of CuOx\/Ag\/P25 was low (0.006%) compared with the blank sample. This design provides a strategy for developing green dual-functional coating materials with photoelectrochemical anticorrosion and antifouling properties.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/molecules28010456","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,4]],"date-time":"2023-01-04T02:54:55Z","timestamp":1672800895000},"page":"456","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":25,"title":["Z-Scheme CuOx\/Ag\/TiO2 Heterojunction as Promising Photoinduced Anticorrosion and Antifouling Integrated Coating in Seawater"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"28","author":[{"given":"Xiaomin","family":"Guo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center for Platform Chemicals from Marine Biomass and Their Functionalization, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Guotao","family":"Pan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center for Platform Chemicals from Marine Biomass and Their Functionalization, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lining","family":"Fang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Environmental Science, Hebei University of Environmental Engineering, Qinhuangdao 066102, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yan","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center for Platform Chemicals from Marine Biomass and Their Functionalization, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zebao","family":"Rui","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center for Platform Chemicals from Marine Biomass and Their Functionalization, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1018","DOI":"10.1007\/s00343-020-0110-x","article-title":"Research progress of TiO2 photocathodic protection to metals in marine environment","volume":"38","author":"Wang","year":"2020","journal-title":"J. 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