Research Article

Application of Electrochemical Techniques on Study of Effect of Nano-ZnO in Conductive Polyaniline Containing Zinc-Rich Primer

Table 1

EIS fitting parameters of PAni-ZRP and PAni-ZnO-ZRP.
(a) Day 1 fitted using EEC shown in Figure 9(a)

Coating system (S⋅⋅cm−2) (Ω⋅cm2) (S⋅⋅cm−2) (Ω⋅cm2)

PAni-ZRP7.91 × 10−70.628.74 × 1047.84 × 10−60.491.42 × 105
PAni-ZnO-ZRP7.28 × 10−80.741.07 × 1051.09 × 10−60.516.23 × 105

(b) Day 2 fitted using EEC shown in Figure 9(b)

Coating system (S⋅⋅cm−2) (Ω⋅cm2) (S⋅⋅cm−2) (Ω⋅cm2) (S⋅⋅cm−2) (Ω⋅cm2)

PAni-ZRP1.27 × 10−70.7710511.82 × 10−60.431.56 × 1051.34 × 10−50.582.18 × 105
PAni-ZnO-ZRP1.60 × 10−80.7577892.02 × 10−80.484.29 × 1054.57 × 10−50.722.35 × 105

(c) Days 20, 60, and 120 fitted using EEC shown in Figure 9(c)

Time (day) (S⋅⋅cm−2) (Ω⋅cm2) (S⋅⋅cm−2) (Ω⋅cm2) (Ω⋅cm2⋅s−1/2)

PAni-ZRP
Day 205.20 × 10−70.71152.66.41 × 10−50.32544112057
Day 602.78 × 10−60.5916792.66 × 10−60.87546.629798
Day 1209.79 × 10−70.6511865.54 × 10−50.35526076884

PAni-ZnO-ZRP
Day 203.69 × 10−60.592808.24 × 10−50.3987810402
Day 605.70 × 10−60.56390.21.2 × 10−40.4289510475
Day 1204.41 × 10−70.70319.61.20 × 10−40.20668041375