Verification of Icephobic/Anti-icing Properties of a Superhydrophobic Surface

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• 作者：Yuanyi Wang ; Jian Xue ; Qingjun Wang ; Qingmin Chen ; Jianfu Ding
• 刊名：ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：April 24, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：5
• 期：8
• 页码：3370-3381
• 全文大小：733K
• 年卷期：v.5,no.8(April 24, 2013)
• ISSN：1944-8252

文摘

Four aluminum surfaces with wettability varied from superhydrophilic to superhydrophobic were prepared by combining an etching and a coating process. The surface wettability was checked in terms of water contact angle (CA) and sliding angle (SA) under different humidity at 鈭?0 掳C. High-speed photography was applied to study water droplet impact dynamics on these surfaces. It was found that single and successive water droplets could rebound on the superhydrophobic surface and roll off at a tilt angle larger than 30掳 under an extremely condensing weather condition (鈭?0 掳C and relative humidity of 85鈥?0%). In addition, the superhydrophobic surface showed a strong icephobic property, the ice adhesion on this surface was only 13% of that on the superhydrophilic surface, though they had a similar nano/microtopological structure. Moreover, this superhydrophobic surface displayed an excellent durability of the icephobic property. The ice adhesion only increased to 20% and 16% of that on the superhydrophobic surface after the surface was undergone 20 icing/ice-breaking cycles and 40 icing/ice-melting cycles, respectively. Surface profile and XPS studies on these surfaces indicated a minor damage of the surface nano/microstructure and the coating layer upon these multiple ice-breaking and ice-melting processes. Therefore, this superhydrophobic surface could be a good candidate for icephobic applications.

Keywords:

superhydrophobic; ice-repellent; impact dynamics; ice adhesion; contact angle; sliding angle; temperature; relative humidity