Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 12, Issue 14, Pages 17077-17090Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c00980
Keywords
ionic liquids; MoDTC; ZDDP; friction modifier; dispersant; synergistic effect
Funding
- Vehicle Technologies Office, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
- Scientific User Facilities Division, Office of DOE-BES
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Interactions among antiwear additives (AWs), friction modifiers (FMs), and dispersant in a lubricating oil are critical for tribological performance. This study investigates compatibilities of three oil-soluble ionic liquids (ILs, candidate AWs) with an FM, molybdenum dithiocarbamate (MoDTC), and a dispersant, polyisobutene succinimide (PIBSI) under boundary lubrication. Either synergistic or antagonistic effects were observed depending on the IL's chemistry. Adding an aprotic phosphonium-alkylphosphate or phosphonium-alkylphosphinate IL into the oil containing MoDTC and PIBSI had detrimental impact on the friction and wear behavior. PIBSI was found to preferably interact/react with the aprotic IL to lose its ability of suspending MoDTC and to partially consume or even deplete the IL. In contrast, a protic ammonium-alkylphosphate IL seemed to be able to coexist with PIBSI and work synergistically with MoDTC, yielding a sustainable, ultralow boundary friction. A three-stage tribochemical process is proposed to explain how this IL + MoDTC pair interacts with the contact surface to form a chemically reacted, wear-protective tribofilm supporting a physically adsorbed, friction-reducing film on top. This study provides fundamental insights of the compatibilities among three common lubricant components, antiwear, friction modifier, and dispersant, which can be used to guide future lubricant development.
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