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Semiconducting Behaviour and Corrosion Resistance of Passive Film on Corrosion-Resistant Steel Rebars

Chloride-induced corrosion of steel rebars is one of the major causes of the premature failures of reinforced concrete structures served in different environments. This paper investigates the semiconducting behaviour and corrosion resistance of the passive film formed on the corrosion-resistant reba...

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Autores principales: Lv, Shanglin, Li, Kefei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9658792/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36363247
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma15217644
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description Chloride-induced corrosion of steel rebars is one of the major causes of the premature failures of reinforced concrete structures served in different environments. This paper investigates the semiconducting behaviour and corrosion resistance of the passive film formed on the corrosion-resistant rebars exposed to simulated concrete pore solutions with different pH values and chloride concentrations. The electronic properties of the passive film were studied using potentiodynamic measurements and capacitance measurements (Mott–Schottky analysis). The results indicate that, firstly, the passive film of corrosion-resistant steel rebar shows n-type semiconducting behaviour with shallow and deep donor states in the band gap during passivation, and the deep donor energy level of corrosion-resistant steel rebar passive film is not sensitive to the decreasing pH value; secondly, under the same conditions, the passive film of corrosion-resistant rebars has a larger negative flat-band potential and thicker space charge layer than hot-ribbed rebars; thirdly, n-type semi-conductivity at a higher potential disappears once the chloride concentration at the rebar surface attains the chloride threshold value; and finally, a reverse charge layer forms on the surface of CR rebar at 0.50 V potential.
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spelling pubmed-96587922022-11-15 Semiconducting Behaviour and Corrosion Resistance of Passive Film on Corrosion-Resistant Steel Rebars Lv, Shanglin Li, Kefei Materials (Basel) Article Chloride-induced corrosion of steel rebars is one of the major causes of the premature failures of reinforced concrete structures served in different environments. This paper investigates the semiconducting behaviour and corrosion resistance of the passive film formed on the corrosion-resistant rebars exposed to simulated concrete pore solutions with different pH values and chloride concentrations. The electronic properties of the passive film were studied using potentiodynamic measurements and capacitance measurements (Mott–Schottky analysis). The results indicate that, firstly, the passive film of corrosion-resistant steel rebar shows n-type semiconducting behaviour with shallow and deep donor states in the band gap during passivation, and the deep donor energy level of corrosion-resistant steel rebar passive film is not sensitive to the decreasing pH value; secondly, under the same conditions, the passive film of corrosion-resistant rebars has a larger negative flat-band potential and thicker space charge layer than hot-ribbed rebars; thirdly, n-type semi-conductivity at a higher potential disappears once the chloride concentration at the rebar surface attains the chloride threshold value; and finally, a reverse charge layer forms on the surface of CR rebar at 0.50 V potential. MDPI 2022-10-31 /pmc/articles/PMC9658792/ /pubmed/36363247 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma15217644 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_full Semiconducting Behaviour and Corrosion Resistance of Passive Film on Corrosion-Resistant Steel Rebars
title_fullStr Semiconducting Behaviour and Corrosion Resistance of Passive Film on Corrosion-Resistant Steel Rebars
title_full_unstemmed Semiconducting Behaviour and Corrosion Resistance of Passive Film on Corrosion-Resistant Steel Rebars
title_short Semiconducting Behaviour and Corrosion Resistance of Passive Film on Corrosion-Resistant Steel Rebars
title_sort semiconducting behaviour and corrosion resistance of passive film on corrosion-resistant steel rebars
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9658792/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36363247
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma15217644
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