Lignin composite ionic liquid lubricants with excellent anti-corrosion, anti-oxidation, and tribological properties

Chaoyang ZHANG; Zhiquan YANG; Qing HUANG; Xingwei WANG; Wufang YANG; Chunyu ZHOU; Bo YU; Qiangliang YU; Meirong CAI; Feng ZHOU

doi:10.1007/s40544-022-0657-y

Friction 2023, 11(7): 1239-1252 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-022-0657-y

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Lignin composite ionic liquid lubricants with excellent anti-corrosion, anti-oxidation, and tribological properties

Show Author's Information Hide Author's Information Chaoyang ZHANG^{¹^,^†}, Zhiquan YANG^{¹^,^†}, Qing HUANG^², Xingwei WANG^³, Wufang YANG^{¹^,³^,⁴}, Chunyu ZHOU^⁴, Bo YU^{¹^,³^,⁴}, Qiangliang YU^{¹^,³^,⁴}(

), Meirong CAI^{¹^,³^,⁴}(

), Feng ZHOU^¹

1 State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China

2 PetroChina Lanzhou Lubricating Oil R&D Institute, Lanzhou 730060, China

3 Shandong Laboratory of Yantai Advanced Materials and Green Manufacturing, Yantai 264006, China

4 Yantai Zhongke Research Institute of Advanced Materials and Green Chemical Engineering, Yantai 264006, China

† Chaoyang ZHANG and Zhiquan YANG contributed equally to this work.

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lubrication, ionic liquid, lignin, anti-oxidant

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ZHANG C, YANG Z, HUANG Q, et al. Lignin composite ionic liquid lubricants with excellent anti-corrosion, anti-oxidation, and tribological properties. Friction, 2023, 11(7): 1239-1252. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-022-0657-y

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A new type of lubricating material (BTA-P₄₄₄₄-Lig) was synthesized by combining lignin with tetrabutylphosphorus and benzotriazole. The tribological properties, corrosion resistance, and anti-oxidation properties of BTA-P₄₄₄₄-Lig as a lubricant were investigated. The lubricating material exhibits excellent friction reduction and wear resistance, as well as good thermal stability and excellent oxidation resistance. Mechanistic analysis reveals that the active elements N and P in the lubricating material react with the metal substrate, and the reaction film effectively blocks direct contact between the friction pairs, affording excellent friction reduction and wear resistance. At the same time, the phenolic hydroxyl group in lignin reacts with oxygen free radicals to form a resonance-stable semi-quinone free radical, which interrupts the chain reaction and affords good anti-oxidant activity.

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Lignin composite ionic liquid lubricants with excellent anti-corrosion, anti-oxidation, and tribological properties

Show Author's information Hide Author's Information Chaoyang ZHANG^{¹^,^†}, Zhiquan YANG^{¹^,^†}, Qing HUANG^², Xingwei WANG^³, Wufang YANG^{¹^,³^,⁴}, Chunyu ZHOU^⁴, Bo YU^{¹^,³^,⁴}, Qiangliang YU^{¹^,³^,⁴}(

), Meirong CAI^{¹^,³^,⁴}(

), Feng ZHOU^¹

1 State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China

2 PetroChina Lanzhou Lubricating Oil R&D Institute, Lanzhou 730060, China

3 Shandong Laboratory of Yantai Advanced Materials and Green Manufacturing, Yantai 264006, China

4 Yantai Zhongke Research Institute of Advanced Materials and Green Chemical Engineering, Yantai 264006, China

† Chaoyang ZHANG and Zhiquan YANG contributed equally to this work.

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Keywords: lubrication, ionic liquid, lignin, anti-oxidant

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Received: 03 January 2022

Revised: 24 March 2022

Accepted: 23 May 2022

Published: 28 July 2022

Issue date: July 2023

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The authors acknowledge financial support from the National Key R&D Program of China (2021YFA0716304), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (52075524, 21972153, and U21A20280), the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of CAS (2022429 and 2018454), Gansu Province Science and Technology Plan (20JR10RA060 and 20JR10RA048), and LICP Cooperation Foundation for Young Scholars (HZJJ21-06).

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