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Li S, Xiao P, Chen T. Superhydrophobic Solar-to-Thermal Materials Toward Cutting-Edge Applications. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2311453. [PMID: 38719350 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202311453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2023] [Revised: 04/30/2024] [Indexed: 05/16/2024]
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Solar-to-thermal conversion is a direct and effective way to absorb sunlight for heat via the rational design and control of photothermal materials. However, when exposed to water-existed conditions, the conventional solar-to-thermal performance may experience severe degradation owing to the high specific heat capacity of water. To tackle with the challenge, the water-repellent function is introduced to construct superhydrophobic solar-to-thermal materials (SSTMs) for achieving stable heating, and even, for creating new application possibilities under water droplets, sweat, seawater, and ice environments. An in-depth review of cutting-edge research of SSTMs is given, focusing on synergetic functions, typical construction methods, and cutting-edge potentials based on water medium. Moreover, the current challenges and future prospects based on SSTMs are also carefully discussed.
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- Shan Li
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Marine Materials, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, 315201, China
- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Marine Materials, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, 315201, China
- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Marine Materials, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, 315201, China
- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
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Wang Y, Zhang K, Cui X, Zhao Z, Wang Z, Liu G, Zhang Y, Zhu Y, Chen J, Sun S, Liu X, Chen H. A Transparent Photo/Electrothermal Composite Coating with Liquid-like Slippery Property for All-Day Anti-/De-Icing. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024. [PMID: 39069698 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c03683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/30/2024]
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A photo/electrothermal surface can convert sunlight and electricity into heat to solve icing problems. The combination of active photo/electrothermal surfaces with passive slippery surfaces provides a highly efficient strategy for all-day anti/deicing. However, the lack of transparency remains a primary impediment to the widespread application of these anti-icing measures in photovoltaics, windshields, and other fields. Herein, we report a bilayer transparent photo/electrothermal coating with a liquid-like slippery property for all-day anti/deicing. The prepared coating exhibits ultraslippery, low ice adhesion, and enhanced stability properties through covalent grafting of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) brushes in a cross-linked skeleton of epoxy. Moreover, the coating demonstrates a visible transmittance of up to 77% and effectively absorbs ultraviolet and near-infrared light due to the addition of ultraviolet and infrared absorbers, resulting in a temperature increase under sun illumination. The bottom indium tin oxide layer is fabricated to provide the composite coating with electrothermal capability, so that it can achieve all-weather deicing. The coupling of photo/electrothermal and slippery properties can promote the rapid removal of grown ice in a short time. The slippery properties and their exceptional durability under mechanical, optical, and thermal conditions render the composite coatings highly promising for engineering applications.
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- Yamei Wang
- School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
- Key Laboratory of Icing and Anti/De-icing, China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center, Mianyang, Sichuan 621000, China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050018, China
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- Group of Biomimetic Smart Materials, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences & Shandong Energy Institute, Songling Road 189, Qingdao 266101, China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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Zhang R, Ding Z, Wang K, Zhang H, Li J. Enhanced Anti/De-Icing Performance on Rough Surfaces Based on The Synergistic Effect of Fluorinated Resin and Embedded Graphene. SMALL METHODS 2024; 8:e2301262. [PMID: 38227388 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202301262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2023] [Revised: 11/25/2023] [Indexed: 01/17/2024]
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Icing negatively impacts various industrial sectors and daily life, often leading to severe safety problems and substantial economic losses. In this work, a fluorinated resin coating with embedded graphene nanoflakes is prepared using a spin-coating curing process. The results shows that the ice adhesion strength is reduced by ≈97.0% compared to the mirrored aluminum plate, and the icing time is delayed by a factor of 46.3 under simulated solar radiation power of 96 mW cm-2 (1 sun) at an ambient temperature of -15 °C. The superior anti/de-icing properties of the coating are mainly attributed to the synergistic effect of the fluorinated resin with a low surface energy, the rough structure of the sandblasted aluminum plate, which reduces the contact area, and the embedded graphene nanoflakes with a superior photothermal effect. Furthermore, the hydrogen bonding competition effect between the exposed-edge oxygen-containing functional groups of the embedded graphene nanoflakes and water molecules further improves the anti-icing properties. This work proposes a facile preparation method to prepare coatings with excellent anti/de-icing properties, offering significant potential for large-scale engineering applications.
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- Rui Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Tribology in Advanced Equipment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tribology in Advanced Equipment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tribology in Advanced Equipment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tribology in Advanced Equipment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tribology in Advanced Equipment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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Wu W, Zhang Y, Miao S, Wu Y, Gong X. Photothermal Superhydrophobic Cotton Fabric Based on Silver Nanoparticles Cross-Linked by Polydopamine and Polyethylenimide. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2023; 39:15131-15141. [PMID: 37814887 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c02269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/11/2023]
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Photothermal materials that can convert solar energy into heat energy through photothermal conversion have attracted extensive attention, but these materials are easily polluted by the environment. Here, we propose a simple and effective strategy for constructing photothermal superhydrophobic cotton fabrics with self-cleaning ability. The PDA@PEI@GA@Ag@PDMS-coated cotton fabric can achieve good superhydrophobicity (water contact angle: 159.6°) by a simple dipping method and mussel-inspired dopamine surface modification, which is regulated by the mass of dopamine, the mass of silver nitrate, and the concentration of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). The coated cotton fabric has good physical and chemical stability. Meanwhile, the coated cotton fabric has excellent self-cleaning and antifouling properties. The superhydrophobic PDA@PEI@GA@Ag@PDMS fabric exhibits excellent and stable photothermal properties, with the surface temperature reaching 70.4 °C under simulated sunlight with a current of 20 A. This photothermal superhydrophobic fabric with self-cleaning properties is expected to be applied in the field of photothermal conversion.
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- Wanze Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 215009, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Bio-Fibers and Eco-Textiles, Qingdao University, Qingdao 430070, P. R. China
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Xue Q, Wu J, Lv Z, Lei Y, Liu X, Huang Y. Photothermal Superhydrophobic Chitosan-Based Cotton Fabric for Rapid Deicing and Oil/Water Separation. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2023. [PMID: 37389997 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c01144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/02/2023]
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Superhydrophobic cotton fabrics have a lot of potential for use in practical settings. The majority of superhydrophobic cotton fabrics, however, only serve one purpose and are made from fluoride or silane chemicals. Therefore, it remains a challenge to develop multifunctional superhydrophobic cotton fabrics using environmentally friendly raw materials. In this study, chitosan (CS), amino carbon nanotubes (ACNTs), and octadecylamine (ODA) were used as raw materials to create CS-ACNTs-ODA photothermal superhydrophobic cotton fabrics. The cotton fabric that was created showed a remarkable superhydrophobic property with a water contact angle of 160.3°. The surface temperature of CS-ACNTs-ODA cotton fabric can rise by up to 70 °C when exposed to simulated sunlight, demonstrating the fabric's remarkable photothermal capabilities. Additionally, the coated cotton fabric is capable of quick deicing. Ice particles (10 μL) melted and began to roll down in 180 s under the light of "1 sun". The cotton fabric exhibits good durability and adaptability in terms of mechanical qualities and washing tests. Moreover, the CS-ACNTs-ODA cotton fabric displays a separation efficacy of more than 91% when used to treat various oil and water mixtures. We also impregnate the coating on polyurethane sponges, which can quickly absorb and separate oil and water mixtures.
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- Qianwen Xue
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion and New Carbon Material, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion and New Carbon Material, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion and New Carbon Material, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion and New Carbon Material, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, China
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- Jingzhou Conservation Center, Jingzhou 434020, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion and New Carbon Material, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, China
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