Fabricating a slippery porous nickel coating based on the hydrogen bubble template method for corrosion protection with self-healing property

In recent years, the development of the slippery liquid-infused porous surface (SLIPS) for metal corrosion protection has attracted extensive attention. The current construction method of SLIPS micro-nano structure has certain limitations. In this paper, a porous structure was firstly constructed by electroplating nickel based on the hydrogen bubble template method, and then the porous structure was modified by 1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorodecyltriethoxysilane (PFDS) to obtain the superhydrophobic coating, and finally, The SLIPS coating was obtained by infusing perfluoropolyether (PFPE) on the basis of superhydrophobic coating. After immersed in 3.5 wt% NaCl solution for 4 weeks, the WCA of SLIPS constructed in this paper only decreased from 121° to 114°. Importantly, the corrosion resistance of SLIPS was enhanced by one and three orders of magnitude compared with SHC and Cu substrate. In addition, it was worth mentioning that the SLIPS also exhibited a superior self-healing property even after several scratching healing cycles. The simple method of building porous structures in this paper will promote the further development of the SLIPS coating and its application in engineering.