We present a straightforward emulsion-induced interfacial anisotropic assembly method for in- situ synthesis of bowl-shaped, self-encapsulated mesoporous polydopamine (BMPDA) nanocontainers (M-M@P) loaded with 2-mercaptobenzimidazole (2-MBI). Results showed that the loading capacity of the bowl-shaped mesoporous polydopamine reaches 24 wt.%. The M-M@P exhibits a cumulative MBI release of 91.61% after immersion in a 3.5 wt.% NaCl solution at pH = 2 for 24 h, accompanied by a corrosion inhibition efficiency of 95.54%. Additionally, the acid-responsive M-M@P not only enables controlled release of MBI but also synergistically promotes the formation of a protective film on the carbon steel substrate via the chelation of PDA-Fe3+, thereby enhancing the self-healing performance of waterborne epoxy coatings.
The development of a new system for the electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction reaction (ECO 2 RR) to methane (CH 4 ) is challenging, and novel conductive metal organic frameworks (c-MOFs) for efficient ECO 2 RR to CH 4 are critical to this system. Here, we report a novel c-MOF, copper-pyromellitic dianhydride-2-methylbenzimidazole (Cu-PD-2-MBI), in which the introduction of electron-withdrawing 2-methylbenzimidazole (2-MBI) into the copper-pyromellitic dianhydride (Cu-PD) interlayer elevated the valence of copper (Cu) ions, which improved the ECO 2 RR performance of Cu-PD-2-MBI. Cu-PD-2-MBI was tested in a flow cell, and the Faradaic efficiency of CH 4 reached 73.7 %, with a corresponding partial current density of −428.3 mA·cm −2 at −1.3 V, which was higher than those of most reported Cu-based catalysts. Further exploration via theoretical calculations indicated that the intercalated 2-MBI in Cu-PD-2-MBI induced a shift in the d-band center in the Cu sites from −2.63 to −1.86 eV and reduced the formation energy of the *COOH and *CHO intermediates in the process of generating CH 4 compared with those of the reference Cu-PD catalyst.