Corrosion resistance of a novel ceria doped aluminum phosphate ceramic coating on cast Al-Si alloy by steam-assisted curing

A series of aluminum phosphate ceramic coating with the entrapped ceria (CeO 2 ) nanoparticles, which is denoted APC, were constructed by steam-assisted curing method on cast Al-10Si alloy. The composition, structure and morphology of the coatings were investigated using FT-IR, XRD, XPS and SEM. Moreover, the corrosion properties of coatings were evaluated by the electrochemical tests. All the coatings were demonstrated to be homogeneous, compact on the substrate surface. The appropriate amount of CeO 2 can effectively improve the corrosion resistance and durability of the coating. In addition, the formation and corrosion resistance mechanism of the coatings were studied in this work.