The invention relates to an
energy storage type photo-generated
cathode protection
coating material and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of chemical materials. The
coating material is a binary
composite material which is composed of nanometer MoO3 and BiVO4. The preparation method comprises the following steps: firstly, preparing nano MoO3 by a
precipitation method, and then preparing a nano MoO3 and BiVO4 binary
composite material in situ by a low-temperature hydrothermal method, namely the
coating material disclosed by the invention. In the coating material, nano MoO3 and BiVO4 are adopted to form a
heterojunction material, so that the photoresponse range of BiVO4 is widened, and the photoelectron-hole separation efficiency is effectively improved; meanwhile, nano MoO3 is used as an
energy storage material with high theoretical specific capacity, part of photo-induced electrons generated by BiVO4 can be stored in the form of a compound, and in a
dark state environment, the electrons stored in MoO3 are released and quickly transferred to the surface of
metal or a film-forming substrate, so that
cathode protection of the
metal in the dark environment is realized; the technical problems that in the prior art, nano BiVO4 is low in
electron-hole separation efficiency and poor in
metal surface
adhesive force, and the
cathode protection effect cannot be continued in the
dark state are solved.