MXene/graphene oxide nanocomposites for friction and wear reduction of rough steel surfaces

Abstract

Development of solid lubricant materials that render reliable performance in ambient conditions, are amenable to industrial size and design complexities, and work on engineered surfaces is reported. These coatings are composed of Ti3C2Tx-Graphene Oxide blends, spray-coated onto bearing steel surfaces. The tribological assessment was carried out in ambient environmental conditions and high contact pressures in a ball-on-disc experimental set-up. The evaluation yielded that the use of Ti3C2Tx-Graphene-Oxide coatings led to substantial reduction in friction down to 0.065 (at 1 GPa contact pressure and 100 mm/s) in comparison to the uncoated of single-component-coated surfaces, surpassing the state-of-the-art. The coatings also provided excellent protection against wear loss of the substrate and counter-face. The results were explained based on the observations from Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and nanoindentation measurements. In operando formation of a dense, hard and stiff, dangling-bond-saturated tribolayer was observed to be the reason for the sustained lubricity even at high test loads and sliding speeds. This report presents the holistic exploration and correlation of structure-property-processing pertaining to the advancement of solid lubrication science.

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