Future Challenges in Electrochemical Corrosion and Protection of Metallic Materials

A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Corrosion and Protection".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 908

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Dear Colleagues,

Corrosion is a typical surface degradation mode, and it brings great threats to the safe service of metal structural components, as a result of the electrochemical corrosion, oxidation effect, and even the synergistic effect between corrosion and mechanical attack. Corrosion mechanisms and protection measures of various metallic materials have consistently been a major focus of research. However, traditional corrosion theories and protection technologies are not directly applicable to the metallic materials exposed to those harsh and multi-factor coupled environments, including the deep sea (with high pressure, low temperature, high salinity, microbial activity, and even severe erosion, sepecially in mining), the subsurface (with high temperature, high pressure, geological fluid corrosion), and the new energy field (hydrogen energy, energy storage batteries), etc. 

This Special Issue, "Future Challenges in Electrochemical Corrosion and Protection of Metallic Materials” aims to attact original research exploring electrochemical corrosion mechanisms in harsh and multi-factor coupled environments, advanced characterization techniques, and novel alloys, coatings and advanced manufacturing methods (such as additive manufacturing) of metallic materials.

We look forward to your contribution including, but not limited to, the following topics:

  • Corrosion behavior and mechanism of metallic materials in deep sea mining, dredging engineering and new energy field, etc;
  • Flow-induced and erosion-corrosion in extreme environments (mining, dredging);
  • Novel corrosion-resistant materials and coatings;
  • Advanced manufacturing methods (additive manufacturing) and surface engineering methods for corrosion resistance enhancement.

Prof. Dr. Yugui Zheng
Dr. Qining Song
Dr. Zhibin Zheng
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Keywords

  • electrochemical corrosion
  • erosion-corrosion
  • additive manufacturing
  • corrosion monitoring
  • coatings

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Effect of Heating Temperature on the Pitting Corrosion Behavior of Stainless Steel Tubes in Simulated Tap Water
by Shen Chen, Xinyu Jin, Jiangwei Yu, Zhong Yin and Moucheng Li
Metals 2026, 16(4), 420; https://doi.org/10.3390/met16040420 - 12 Apr 2026
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A corrosion device was established to simulate the service environment of stainless steel heat exchanger tubes in a gas water heater. The pitting corrosion behaviors on the inner walls of 444, 445 and 316L stainless steel tubes were investigated in a tap water [...] Read more.
A corrosion device was established to simulate the service environment of stainless steel heat exchanger tubes in a gas water heater. The pitting corrosion behaviors on the inner walls of 444, 445 and 316L stainless steel tubes were investigated in a tap water solution at 60 °C under different heating temperatures from 600 to 800 °C for 500 h by means of optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analyses. The increase in heating temperature significantly promotes the thickening of scale layers and the formation and growth of corrosion pits on the inner surfaces of the three stainless steel tubes. Under different heating temperature conditions, the maximum and average depths of corrosion pits decrease sequentially from 444 to 445 and then to 316L stainless steel. The scales have similar compositions for the three steel tubes, but the scale thickness is thinner on 316L stainless steel than on the other two steels. In addition, the double-loop electrochemical potentiokinetic reactivation (DL-EPR) test indicates that there is almost no sensitization for the outer walls of the three stainless steel tubes after being heated at 800 °C. Full article
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Corrosion and Anti-Corrosion Mechanisms of Epoxy Resin/Graphene and Epoxy Resin/Graphene Oxide Composite Coatings on Magnesium Alloys
by Diqing Wan, Mingyang He, Yang Zhou and Yi Xue
Metals 2026, 16(3), 353; https://doi.org/10.3390/met16030353 - 22 Mar 2026
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Graphene and graphene oxide are potential anti-corrosion materials. In this study, epoxy resin/graphene and epoxy resin/graphene oxide composite coatings were succeed prepared. Hydrogen evolution and electrochemical experiments were conducted to determine key parameters—including hydrogen evolution rate, hydrogen evolution volume, corrosion current density, and [...] Read more.
Graphene and graphene oxide are potential anti-corrosion materials. In this study, epoxy resin/graphene and epoxy resin/graphene oxide composite coatings were succeed prepared. Hydrogen evolution and electrochemical experiments were conducted to determine key parameters—including hydrogen evolution rate, hydrogen evolution volume, corrosion current density, and corrosion potential—of the designed composites in a 3.5 wt.% NaCl solution. The sample with the highest graphene oxide content was 0.8295 μA/cm2, representing a two-order-of-magnitude decrease compared to the matrix. Combined with scanning electron microscopy, the surface morphologies of various coatings after corrosion were observed, and the corrosion mechanisms of magnesium alloys with these coatings were carefully discussed. Based on electrochemical analysis, this study proposes and verifies that the working mechanism of the composite coatings relies on a physical barrier rather than a redox reaction. Full article
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