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Although CNT itself was demonstrated to be effective to promote the anti-corrosion performance of the ZRE coating, the incorporation of additional 3DNG leads to further enhancement of its corrosion resistance under the synergistic effect of the hybrid carbon nanofillers with different dimensions. Both the content of the carbonaceous fillers and the ratio between them affected the performance of the coating. The optimal content of hybrid filler in the coating was determined to be only 0.1% with 3DNG:CNT = 1:3. With the modification of hybrid fillers, the corrosion current of the coating could be reduced by more than six orders of magnitude. Additionally, the immersion test of the pre-scratched coating directly demonstrated the evident contribution of the hybrid fillers to the sacrificial anode-based surface protection mechanism of the coating. These results confirmed the synergistic effect of the hybrid 1D and 3D carbonaceous fillers on promoting the corrosion inhibition of their coating, which could be promising for application in other functional composites.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/polym16243513","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,12,17]],"date-time":"2024-12-17T10:54:02Z","timestamp":1734432842000},"page":"3513","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Synergistic Effect of CNT and N-Doped Graphene Foam on Improving the Corrosion Resistance of Zn Reinforced Epoxy Composite Coatings"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Yana","family":"Mao","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Civil Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shufu","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Gansu Province Highway Aviation Tourism Investment Group Co., Ltd., Lanzhou 730030, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shizhong","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Civil Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Guodong","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"China Communications Construction Road & Bridge Southern Engineering Co., Ltd., Beijing 101100, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Qi","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"China Communications Construction Road & Bridge Southern Engineering Co., Ltd., Beijing 101100, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5244-862X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Xusheng","family":"Du","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Advanced Wear & Corrosion Resistant and Functional Materials, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,12,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"372","article-title":"Current trends in the modification of zinc-filled polymer coatings","volume":"9","author":"Golovin","year":"2020","journal-title":"Int. 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