Superlubricity induced by partially oxidized black phosphorus on engineering steel

Kai GAO; Jianguo JIAO; Zheng WANG; Guoxin XIE; Jianbin LUO

doi:10.1007/s40544-022-0628-3

Friction 2023, 11(9): 1592-1605 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-022-0628-3

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Superlubricity induced by partially oxidized black phosphorus on engineering steel

Show Author's Information Hide Author's Information Kai GAO^¹, Jianguo JIAO^¹, Zheng WANG^², Guoxin XIE^¹(

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1 State Key Laboratory of Tribology in Advanced Equipment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

2 School of Engineering and Technology, China University of Geosciens (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China

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macroscale superlubricity, black phosphorus (BP), oleic acid (OA), active oxidation

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GAO K, JIAO J, WANG Z, et al. Superlubricity induced by partially oxidized black phosphorus on engineering steel. Friction, 2023, 11(9): 1592-1605. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-022-0628-3

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Macroscale superlubricity has attracted increasing attention owing to its high significance in engineering and economics. We report the superlubricity of engineering materials by the addition of partially oxidized black phosphorus (oBP) in an oleic acid (OA) oil environment. The phosphorus oxides produced by active oxidation exhibit lower friction and quick deposition performance compared to BP particles. The H-bond (–COOH···O–P, or –COOH···O=P) formed between P–O bond (or P=O) and OA molecule could benefit the lubricating state and decrease the possibility of direct contact between rough peaks. The analysis of the worn surface indicates that a three-layer tribofilm consisting of amorphous carbon, BP crystal, and phosphorus oxide forms during the friction, which replaces the shear interface from the steel/steel to carbon–oBP/carbon–oBP layer and enables macroscale superlubricity.

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Superlubricity induced by partially oxidized black phosphorus on engineering steel

Show Author's information Hide Author's Information Kai GAO^¹, Jianguo JIAO^¹, Zheng WANG^², Guoxin XIE^¹(

), Jianbin LUO^¹(

)

1 State Key Laboratory of Tribology in Advanced Equipment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

2 School of Engineering and Technology, China University of Geosciens (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China

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Keywords: macroscale superlubricity, black phosphorus (BP), oleic acid (OA), active oxidation

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Received: 08 November 2021

Revised: 21 January 2022

Accepted: 01 April 2022

Published: 23 March 2023

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This work was supported by the Beijing Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. JQ21008), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 52275197), and the Tsinghua–Foshan Innovation Special Fund (TFISF) (Grant No. 2020THFS0127).

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