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Condensation Heat-Transfer Performance of Thermally Stable Superhydrophobic Cerium-Oxide Surfaces

Condensation Heat-Transfer Performance of Thermally Stable Superhydrophobic Cerium-Oxide Surfaces

Jaehwan Shim, Donghyun Seo, Seungtae Oh, Jinki Lee, Youngsuk Nam

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2018 Sep 19;10(37):31765-31776.

PMID: 30136846

Abstract:

We introduce a thin (<200 nm) superhydrophobic cerium-oxide surface formed by a one-step wet chemical process to enhance the condensation heat-transfer performance with improved thermal stability compared to silane-treated surfaces. The developed cerium-oxide surface showed a superhydrophobic characteristic with a low (<5°) contact angle hysteresis because of the unique surface morphology and hydrophobicity of cerium oxide. The surface was successfully incorporated to popular engineering materials including copper, aluminum, and steel. Thermal stability of the surfaces was investigated by exposing them to hot (∼100 °C) steam conditions for 12 h. The introduced ceria surfaces could maintain active dropwise condensation after the thermal stability test, whereas silane-treated surfaces completely lost their hydrophobicity. The heat-transfer coefficient was calculated using the thermal network model incorporating the droplet size distribution and morphology obtained from the microscopic measurement. The analysis shows that the suggested cerium-oxide surfaces can provide approximately 2 times and 5 times higher heat-transfer coefficient before and after the thermal stability test, respectively, mainly because of the decrease in the thermal conduction resistance across droplets. The results indicate that the introduced nanostructured cerium-oxide surface is a promising condenser coating to enhance the droplet mobility and the resulting condensation heat-transfer performance for various thermal and environmental applications, especially those being exposed to hot steam conditions.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP12014447	Aluminum cerium oxide		12014-44-7	Price

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