In this work, a novel ternary nanocomposites AgZnS-TiO2-reduced graphene oxide (RGO) was successfully synthesized by a facile soft ultrasonic-reduction condition as low as 70 °C. During the ultrasound reaction, the reduction of GO and the growth of AgZnS and TiO2 crystals occurred simultaneously in conjunction with the deposition of AgZnS and TiO2 crystals onto the surface of the graphene. The synthesized nanocatalysts were characterized by XRD, SEM, TEM, EDX, Raman spectroscopy, XPS, UV–Vis DRS, photoluminescence spectrometer, and photocurrent and CV. The AgZnS-G-T was shown as catalytic HER with some synnegetic factors such as pH-universal, temperature, and ultrasonic condition. After 4 h, it was observed that AgZnS-TiO2-RGO has the highest efficiency of photocatalytic activity through hydrogen production by water splitting, which achieved the highest hydrogen evolution rate of 930.45 μmol/g at buffer solution (pH = 5), which was superior to AgZnS-G (790.1 µmole/g) and AgZnS (701.2 µmole/g). Such a significant hydrogen evolution amount far exceeded that of undoped TiO2 and RGO. The H2 evolution amounts increased significantly at ultrasonic irradiation power of 80 MHz. AgZnS-G-T demonstrates the higher H2 evolution amounts of 985 µmole/g at 80 MHz. Its photocatalytic hydrogen-evolution activity remained at a high level over four cycles (16 h) nanoparticle.

In this work, the carbon steel matrix obtained a silane coupling agent (KH550) modified rough SiO2 coating, covering it by dip‐coating method. The modified SiO2 (K‐SiO2) coating on the carbon steel was coated with stearic acid (STA) and adjusted the proportion of SiO2 nanoparticles and KH550 to achieve the more perfect superhydrophobic sample. It turns out that SiO2 particles were evenly disturbuted and linked together by KH550 to form a stable structure. The K‐SiO2 coating liquid was further added a modifier of STA to achieve low surface energy, and then developed a durable and corrosion resistant coating. The superhydrophobic coating liquid was coated on the carbon steel to obtain a multifunctional superhydrophobic coating (contact angle=163°, rolling angle=1.4°), having excellent self‐cleaning, adhension, durability and corrosion resistance.