High-throughput experimental techniques for corrosion research: A review

Abstract

High-throughput experimental techniques can accelerate and economize corrosion evaluation, and thus, have great potential in the development of new materials for corrosion protection such as corrosion-resistant metals, corrosion inhibitors, and anticorrosion coatings. This concise review highlights high-throughput experimental techniques that have been recently applied for corrosion research, including (i) the high-throughput preparation of metal samples in the form of thin films or bulk materials, (ii) high-throughput experiments based on corrosive solutions with independent or gradient parameters, (iii) high-throughput evaluation of changes in physicochemical properties, and (iv) high-throughput corrosion evaluation by electrochemical methods. To advance automated and intelligent corrosion research, future directions for the development of the high-throughput corrosion experimental and characterization techniques are also discussed.