The invention discloses a preparation method and application of an intelligent anticorrosion
coating and belongs to the field of anticorrosion protection for
metal. The preparation method comprises the steps that mesoporous
silicon dioxide microspheres are prepared; modified treatment is conducted on the surfaces of the mesoporous
silicon dioxide microspheres; a ZrO2-SiO2 thin film doped with Ce<4+> is prepared on the surface of
metal; and the mesoporous
silicon dioxide microspheres adsorbing a
corrosion inhibiter are mixed into
sol, the surface of the ZrO2-SiO2 thin film doped with the Ce<4+> is coated with the mesoporous
silicon dioxide microspheres mixed into the
sol, and the anticorrosion
coating is formed. When the anticorrosion
coating is eroded by an NaCl solution, the doped Ce<4+> ions can be released out along with degradation of a defect position of a coating structure, and the Ce<4+> ions serving as an
oxidizing agent trigger an intelligent nano container to release the
corrosion inhibiter which then enters the coating, and
corrosion is effectively suppressed; at the same time, a reduction product Ce<3+> of the Ce<4+> can react with hydroxyl ions gathering in a micro-
cathode zone to produce ceric
oxide or
hydroxide which then deposits on the micro-
cathode zone in a
settling form; and therefore, the
cathodic reaction is suppressed, and the corrosion process is slowed down.