High-Efficient Anti-Icing/Deicing Method Based on Graphene Foams

A Fluorine-Free Superhydrophobic Micro–Nano Structured SiO2/TiN Coating for Anti-icing and Photothermal Deicing

“…Traditional strategies to resolve these issues mainly include mechanical vibration, chemical anti-icing agents, , and electrothermal deicing, − which are inefficient, costly, and harmful to the environment. Therefore, tremendous efforts have been devoted to develop anti-icing/deicing technology to inhibit the ice accumulation and simultaneously remove the ice on the surface. , …”

“…A superhydrophobic surface offers an effective way to delay the icing time. − This is based on the presence of an air layer within the surface textures, which can greatly reduce the contact areas between water droplets and solid substrate. − The introduction of photothermal materials into superhydrophobic coating can effectively convert solar energy into thermal energy and promote the ice melting at the interface and then the removal of unmelted ice by gravity or superhydrophobicity. − Liu and co-workers constructed an all-water-based superhydrophobic coating by using carbon nanotubes, polydopamine, and Ag particles as photothermal materials and then mixing them in fluorine-containing polyacrylic emulsion . Under the irradiation of a xenon lamp, the melting time of the ice cubes on the coating surface was reduced by 982 s. Apart from the commonly used carbon-based materials and black metal oxides, − low-cost titanium nitride (TiN) nanoparticles have been proven recently to possess a plasmonic effect that can be used for photothermal conversion. ,− Wang’s groups have fabricated a flexible photothermal coating by embedding TiN nanoparticles in polydimethylsiloxane solution . It can be heated to 130 °C within 90 s under near-infrared (NIR) laser irradiation.…”

Multi‐Scale Superhydrophobic Surface with Excellent Stability and Solar‐Thermal Performance for Highly Efficient Anti‐Icing and Deicing

“…However, ice accretion can significantly impact the efficiency and safety of outdoor equipment. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Traditional deicing strategies, including mechanical vibration, [8] chemical reagents, [9] and electrothermal, [10,11] are high-cost, energy-consumption, and environmental pollution. Therefore, developing more efficient and environmentally friendly strategies for anti-icing and deicing is essential.…”