Preparation, characterization, and tribological properties of silica-nanoparticle-reinforced B-N-co-doped reduced graphene oxide as a multifunctional additive for enhanced lubrication

Sang XIONG; Baosen ZHANG; Shuai LUO; Hao WU; Zhen ZHANG

doi:10.1007/s40544-019-0331-1

Friction 2021, 9(2): 239-249 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-019-0331-1

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Preparation, characterization, and tribological properties of silica-nanoparticle-reinforced B-N-co-doped reduced graphene oxide as a multifunctional additive for enhanced lubrication

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), Baosen ZHANG^{¹^,²}, Shuai LUO^¹, Hao WU^¹, Zhen ZHANG^{¹^,²}

1 College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Institute of Technology, Nanjing 211167, China

2 Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Structural Materials and Application Technology, Nanjing 211167, China

3 School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200000, China

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tribological properties, SiO₂-B-N-GO nanocomposites, material characterization

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XIONG S, ZHANG B, LUO S, et al. Preparation, characterization, and tribological properties of silica-nanoparticle-reinforced B-N-co-doped reduced graphene oxide as a multifunctional additive for enhanced lubrication. Friction, 2021, 9(2): 239-249. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-019-0331-1

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Microwave-synthesized SiO₂-reinforced B-N-co-doped reduced graphene oxide (SiO₂-B-N-GO) nanocomposites were characterized by X-ray photon spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), infrared (IR) spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy/energy dispersive X-ray (TEM/EDX) analysis. The tribological properties of the SiO₂-B-N-GO prepared as anti-wear additives for enhanced lubrication were studied using a four-ball tester. The experiment results indicated that SiO₂-B-N-GO exhibits excellent load-carrying, anti-wear, and anti-friction properties in a base oil, especially at the optimal concentration of additives at 0.15 wt%. The wear scar diameter decreased from 0.70 to 0.37 mm and the coefficient of friction was reduced from 0.092 to 0.070, which reductions are attributed to the formation of B-N and graphene layer triboﬁlms of several tens of nanometers in thickness that prevented direct contact between metals.

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Preparation, characterization, and tribological properties of silica-nanoparticle-reinforced B-N-co-doped reduced graphene oxide as a multifunctional additive for enhanced lubrication

Show Author's information Hide Author's Information Sang XIONG^{¹^,²^,³}(

), Baosen ZHANG^{¹^,²}, Shuai LUO^¹, Hao WU^¹, Zhen ZHANG^{¹^,²}

1 College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Institute of Technology, Nanjing 211167, China

2 Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Structural Materials and Application Technology, Nanjing 211167, China

3 School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200000, China

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Keywords: tribological properties, SiO₂-B-N-GO nanocomposites, material characterization

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Received: 18 December 2018

Revised: 10 June 2019

Accepted: 25 September 2019

Published: 25 April 2020

Issue date: April 2021

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial assistance provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51804166), Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (No. BK20181026), Project funded by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2019M661461), Opening Project of Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Structural Materials and Application Technology Foundation (No. ASMA201907), and Natural Science General Program of Jiangsu Province (No. 18KJB130003). Thanks are also extended to all individuals associated with this project.

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