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Surface Engineering Volume 37, 2021 - Issue 10: Special Issue: Superhydrophobicity
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Icephobicity studies of superhydrophobic coating on aluminium

Xinyu Tana College of Electrical Engineering & New Energy, Hubei Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center for New Energy Microgrid, China Key Laboratory of Inorganic Nonmetallic Crystalline and Energy Conversion Materials (CTGU), China Three Gorges University, Yichang, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Man Wangb College of Science, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Yiteng Tua College of Electrical Engineering & New Energy, Hubei Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center for New Energy Microgrid, China Key Laboratory of Inorganic Nonmetallic Crystalline and Energy Conversion Materials (CTGU), China Three Gorges University, Yichang, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Ting Xiaoa College of Electrical Engineering & New Energy, Hubei Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center for New Energy Microgrid, China Key Laboratory of Inorganic Nonmetallic Crystalline and Energy Conversion Materials (CTGU), China Three Gorges University, Yichang, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Sarah Alzuabic Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri–Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, USAView further author information
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Peng Xianga College of Electrical Engineering & New Energy, Hubei Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center for New Energy Microgrid, China Key Laboratory of Inorganic Nonmetallic Crystalline and Energy Conversion Materials (CTGU), China Three Gorges University, Yichang, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Runhua Guod Department of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Xiaobo Chenc Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri–Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, USACorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Pages 1239-1245 | Received 21 May 2020, Accepted 12 Nov 2020, Published online: 11 Dec 2020
 
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ABSTRACT

Mechanically robust superhydrophobic (SHP) and icephobic performances are highly needed for an anti-icing surface in practical applications. Here, a SHP coating is prepared on the aluminium (Al) substrate using hydrothermal reaction and subsequent modification of hexadecyltrimethoxysilane, showing a water contact angle larger than 158° and a sliding angle (SA) less than 5°. This SHP coating displays a robust hydrophobic performance in acidic or alkaline solutions, after sand abrasion and consecutive icing/deicing cycles. It largely reduces ice adhesive strength and delays starting icing time on Al. Therefore, this work may shine some light in engineering aluminium-based materials to avoid ice accumulation.

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Funding

Thanks to the support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (U1765105 and 52007104), and the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, University of Missouri-Kansas City.

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