Rational Construction of SiO2/MoS2/TiO2 Composite Nanostructures for Anti-Biofouling and Anti-Corrosion Applications

We have prepared MoS2/SiO2/TiO2 ternary heterojunction composite for the anti-corrosion and anti-fouling applications. The molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) adorned silica (SiO2) nanoparticles are synthesized through the wet chemical process. The prepared MoS2/SiO2 composites is subjected for dynamic light scattering (DLS) analysis to understand the particle size, then the X-Ray diffraction (XRD) to determine the crystal structure and Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) to characterize its morphology. The TiO2 nanoparticles are prepared through stober process. The prepared TiO2 nanoparticles along with MoS2/SiO2 composites are fused together in the natural resin for the construction of primary coating mixture (MoS2/SiO2/TiO2). The primary composite coating mixture is coated on the mild steel panels for the analysis. The contact angle analysis is done for the coated mild steel samples to get the insight on its hydrophobicity and the surface smoothness. Further, to perform the corrosion studies, the salt spray analysis is done on the mild steel panels. The MoS2/SiO2/TiO2 ternary heterojunction composite mixture performed well on the anti-biofouling and anti-corrosion investigation.