the role of superhydrophobicity in energy storage

Large-Scale Fabrication of a Robust Superhydrophobic …

We propose a facile and effective route for large-scale fabrication of a superhydrophobic thermal energy storage (STES) sprayable coating with heat storage capacity and superhydrophobicity based on …

Low Energy Desalination via DCMD: The Role of Superhydrophobicity …

The role of superhydrophobicity on DCMD performance is assessed using polyvinylidenefluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene (PVDF-HFP) electrospun membrane sheet coated with tetrafluoroethylene oligomers (OTFE) particles followed with hot pressing. ... 5th International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference, IRSEC 2017 - Tangier, …

A Review of Recent Advances in the Development of Superhydrophobicity …

Superhydrophobicity: This review focuses on the various superhydrophobic surfaces like metal, fabrics, papers, sponges, foam, glass, wood, mesh, concrete and ceramic with selected examples. Following a general note on the theory of superhydrophobicity, techniques to develop superhydrophobicity on surfaces, …

Superior self-cleaning surfaces via the synergy of …

The intuitive benefit of the synergy of superhydrophobicity and photocatalytic activity for a functional surface is superior self-cleaning, which is usually …

Fundamentals of superhydrophobic surfaces

Apart from the surface energy, the topographic design of the surface plays a key role in converting a hydrophobic surface to a superhydrophobic surface (CA ≥ 150 degrees).As depicted in Fig. 2, the surface texture of a dual scale (micro and nano) roughness gives a pathway to create air pockets.These air pockets additionally with the …

Superhydrophobic surfaces review: Functional …

Superhydrophobicity does not only mean a high contact angle but also a very low contact angle hysteresis (CAH), which is given by the difference of the advancing and receding contact angles formulated …

Concurrent Superhydrophobicity and Thermal Energy …

Herein, we report a microcapsule (MC) with a micro/nano-hierarchical shell and a phase change material (PCM) core by a low-cost one-pot method. The resulting microcapsules (MCs) possess concurrent features of …

The Challenge of Superhydrophobicity ...

In terms of energy, the elastic surface structure method relies on droplets as an energy storage mechanism (surface energy) during impact and recoil processes. The elasticity of the substrate increases so that the kinetic energy of the droplet is converted to surface energy and the elastic energy storage of the substrate, thereby replacing a ...

A review of the recent advances in superhydrophobic surfaces and the emerging energy …

Ice slurry has been adopted as both heat transfer fluid and energy storage medium in air condition system to improve the operating efficiency and reduce energy consumption [99], [100], [101]. Ice slurry is usually generated through the methods such as scraped surface generator [102], [103], [104], orbital rod ice slurry generator …

Bioinspired in situ repeatable self-recovery of superhydrophobicity …

Superhydrophobic surfaces (SHSs) have attracted extensive interest during the past decades due to their unique water repellency and numerous promising potential applications. 1,2 To achieve superhydrophobicity, combining of low surface energy materials with delicate three-dimensional (3D) structure construction on the micro …

Superhydrophobicity

However, having a low surface energy is often not sufficient to obtain a superhydrophobic surface (water contact angle > 150 degree) and the role of surface roughness becomes important to achieve superhydrophobicity, as demonstrated in theories in Section 11.2.

Superhydrophobic surfaces review: The Author(s) 2019 …

In this article, we focus on the functional applications of the superhydrophobic surfaces, and state-of-the-art fabrication technologies and processes, and the limitations of these …

The role of energy storage in deep decarbonization …

The role of energy storage in aiding the integration of renewable energy into electricity systems is highly sensitive to the renewable-penetration level 3. California, for instance, is ...

Superhydrophobicity | SpringerLink

Superhydrophobicity. Superhydrophobicity is a surface phenomenon that indicates a very low affinity to water, and, in turn, the surface is very difficult to be wetted. A generally accepted definition of superhydrophobicity is to have a water contact angle above 150° and a start-rolling angle lower than 10° at room temperature and …

Superhydrophobic Surfaces: Insights from Theory and …

The key to controlling the superhydrophobicity of a coating is to change its surface functionality, which intrinsically depended on the synthesis methods used. As a rule, low surface energy of a surface is attained by insertion …

The Role of Energy Storage in the Path to Net Zero | Accenture

In brief. Our study explores how the energy transition is unfolding in the western United States and the role of storage to help provide grid flexibility. Collaborating with the University of California, Berkeley''s Renewable & Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL), we assessed four scenarios to net zero. We found that scenarios relying on ...

Innovative design of superhydrophobic thermal energy-storage …

In this work, we have designed and synthesized a superhydrophobic thermal energy-storage material by microencapsulating n -docosane PCM with a …

Innovative design of superhydrophobic thermal energy-storage materials ...

Thermal energy-storage materials play a vital role in the sustainable development of economy and society with a rapid increase in energy demand, ... The superhydrophobicity means extreme water repellency due to a highly hydrophobic surface with a static water contact angle larger than 150° [29].

Large-Scale Fabrication of a Robust Superhydrophobic Thermal Energy …

We propose a facile and effective route for large-scale fabrication of a superhydrophobic thermal energy storage (STES) sprayable coating with heat storage capacity and superhydrophobicity based on polydivinylbenzene (PDVB) nanotubes (NTs). Herein, the STES coating was applied on wood by convenient …

All-organic superhydrophobic coatings with mechanochemical …

Superhydrophobicity is a remarkable evolutionary adaption manifested by several natural surfaces. Artificial superhydrophobic coatings with good mechanical robustness, substrate adhesion and ...

A Review of Recent Advances in Superhydrophobic Surfaces and …

To further enhance the superhydrophobicity of stainless-steel surface, the samples treated with HF solution were dipped in a 0.1 wt.% NaCl solution at 100 °C for 3 h and 6 h, the FE-SEM images of the results shown in Figure 11, a petal-like hierarchical microstructure is generated on the sample surface, the water contact angle and sliding ...

Superhydrophobicity | SpringerLink

In this chapter, we review in detail the principles of superhydrophobicity, covering such topics as the effect of roughness on the contact angle and contact angle hysteresis (the difference between a maximum and a minimum possible value of the contact angle for a given surface), transitions between the homogeneous and composite wetting …

The role of superhydrophobicity in the adhesion of a

We study the force and energy required to lift the cylinder clear from the water surface, to evaluate the role of wettability, especially superhydrophobicity, in the adhesion of floating cylinders ...

Innovative design of superhydrophobic thermal energy-storage materials by microencapsulation …

1. Introduction Thermal energy-storage materials play a vital role in the sustainable development of economy and society with a rapid increase in energy demand, because they not only can reduce fossil energy consumption by utilizing waste heat and solar thermal ...

Superhydrophobic Materials for Biomedical Applications

Superhydrophobic surfaces are actively studied across a wide range of applications and industries, and are now finding increased use in the biomedical arena as substrates to control protein adsorption, cellular interaction, and bacterial growth, as well as platforms for drug delivery devices and for diagnostic tools.

Superhydrophobic surfaces review: Functional application, …

Superhydrophobicity does not only mean a high contact angle but also a very low contact angle hysteresis (CAH), which is given by the difference of the advancing and receding contact angles formulated by a water drop on an inclined plane. ... biomedical microdevices and energy storage applications. Source: Reprinted with kind permission …

The role of fuel cells in energy storage

Using the H 2 O cycle as the energy storage medium, the RFC is elegantly simple in concept. Various other hydrogen couples have also been proposed that have advantages in specific applications, but the H 2 O cycle has highly acceptable performance characteristics suitable for broad use as a back-up, standby or premium power system …

Insights into the superhydrophobicity of metallic ...

In this work, we aim at resolving two important unclear issues in literatures on superhydrophobicity at metal surfaces: (i) if the adsorption of airborne hydrocarbons at micro/nanostructured metal surfaces plays an important role in their superhydrophobicity, and (ii) if the transition between superhydrophilicity and superhydrophobicity by UV-O ...

Superior self-cleaning surfaces via the synergy of superhydrophobicity ...

The appropriate combination of superhydrophobicity and photocatalytic activity can empower the functional surfaces to exhibit not only superior self-cleaning functionality against both inorganic and organic pollutants as mentioned above, but also extra excellent functionalities including antifouling, antibacterial, oil/water separation and …

Superhydrophobic Surfaces: Insights from Theory and Experiment

Biomimetic nanosurfaces with distinct wettability and versatility have found special enthusiasm in both fundamental research and industrial applications. With the advent of nanotechnology, it is doable to acclimate surface architecture and surface chemistry to attain superhydrophobicity. The uniqueness of superhydrophobic surfaces arises from …

12808 PDFs | Review articles in SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY

This page combines publications related to two different topics. Superhydrophobicity and Thermal Energy Storage. Science topic Superhydrophobicity. A topic description is not currently available.

Laser patterned titanium surfaces with superior antibiofouling ...

Superhydrophobic titanium surfaces with different line spacing (pitch) of 20, 50, 80 and 100 μm are fabricated using nanosecond laser patterning and their antibiofouling, superhydrophobicity, abrasion resistance and self-cleaning properties are studied. The surface morphology, surface profiles and surface roughness are obtained …

More evidence of the crucial roles of surface …

of 100 –180 .11–13 That is, the superhydrophobicity is not necessarily important for the water strider to achieve high supporting force when the leg is in a parallel contact with the water ...

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