Facile In Situ Growth of Zif-8 Nanosheets with Enhanced Anti-Corrosion Performance for Carbon Steel in Seawater

Abstract

Carbon steel is one of the most important and widely used structural materials, but preventing its corrosion remains a great challenge. Herein, a metal–organic framework film consisting of Zif-8 nanosheets array was prepared using a one-step in situ growth method. This coating film can effectively inhibit the corrosion behavior of low carbon steel in seawater, resulting in improved corrosion resistance (4010 Ω·cm−2 ) and low corrosion current density (23 µA·cm−2 ). After long-term immersion in seawater, no notable pitting corrosion was observed and the film integrity was well preserved, demonstrating the feasibility of Zif-8 film for anti-corrosion coating.