Combined Approach of Compression Molding and Magnetic Attraction to Micropatterning of Magnetic Polydimethylsiloxane Composite Surfaces with Excellent Anti-Icing/Deicing Performance

作者：Chen, Anfu^*; Wang, Qiankun; Li, Mingke; Peng, Zhangyuan; Lai, Jindi; Zhang, Jingjing; Xu, Jinbao; Huang, Hanxiong; Lei, Caihong^*

来源：ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2021, 13(40): 48153-48162.

DOI：10.1021/acsami.1c15428

• microstructure
• superhydrophobic
• magnetic
• anti-icing
• deicing

The accumulation of ice and contaminants on the surface of composite insulators will cause high energy consumption or even major hazards to power systems. In this work, the polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) silicone rubber was modified by surface micropatterning and material compositing. Highly crosslinked poly(cyclotriphosphazene-co-4,4'-sulfonyldiphenol) (PZS) was used to directly coat ferroferric oxide (Fe3O4) nanoparticles. The obtained core-shell Fe3O4@PZS microspheres were loaded with carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to get CNTs/Fe3O4@PZS as the photothermal magnetic filler. The PDMS/CNTs/Fe3O4@PZS surfaces with micronscale truncated cones were prepared via a combined method of compression molding and magnetic attraction. The 1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluorodecyltrichlorosilane-coated template and magnetic field can increase the height of the microstructure to similar to 76 mu m and maintain the contact angle of microstructured PDMS/CNTs/Fe3O4@PZS surfaces at a high level (similar to 152 degrees). Compared with the flat PDMS surface, the micronscale truncated cones extend the freezing time from 4.5 to 11.5 min and also undermine the ice adhesion strength from similar to 25 to similar to 17 kPa for the microstructured PDMS/CNTs/Fe3O4@PZS surface. The temperature of the PDMS/CNTs/Fe3O4@PZS surface molded with magnetic attraction increases linearly with time and the internal magnetic fillers and achieves 280 degrees C in 10 s. The efficiency of temperature rise is increased by similar to 46%, and hence the entire frozen water droplet can melt within 20 s. The strategy combining active deicing with passive anti-icing undoubtedly promotes the development of high efficiency anti-icing materials and can be applied on insulators to prevent icing flashover.

• 单位
  广东工业大学