Self-cleaning is the key factor that makes superhydrophobic nanostructured materials have wide applications.The self-cleaning effect,however,strongly depends on formations and movement of water droplets on superhydrop...Self-cleaning is the key factor that makes superhydrophobic nanostructured materials have wide applications.The self-cleaning effect,however,strongly depends on formations and movement of water droplets on superhydrophobic nanostructured surfaces,which is greatly restricted at low humidity(<7.6 g·kg^(-1)).Therefore,we propose a self-cleaning method at low humidity in which the pollution is electro-aggregated and driven in the electric field to achieve the aggregation and cleaning large areas.The cleaning efficiency of this method is much higher than that of water droplet roll-off,and will not produce"pollution bands".A simplified numerical model describing pollution movements is presented.Simulation results are consistent with experimental results.The proposed method realizes the self-cleaning of superhydrophobic nanostructured surfaces above dew point curve for the first time,which extends applications of superhydrophobic nanostructured materials in low humidity,and is expected to solve self-cleaning problems of outdoor objects in low humidity areas(<5.0 g·kg^(-1)).展开更多
基金The authors are grateful to the supporting program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51837009 and 51907168).
文摘Self-cleaning is the key factor that makes superhydrophobic nanostructured materials have wide applications.The self-cleaning effect,however,strongly depends on formations and movement of water droplets on superhydrophobic nanostructured surfaces,which is greatly restricted at low humidity(<7.6 g·kg^(-1)).Therefore,we propose a self-cleaning method at low humidity in which the pollution is electro-aggregated and driven in the electric field to achieve the aggregation and cleaning large areas.The cleaning efficiency of this method is much higher than that of water droplet roll-off,and will not produce"pollution bands".A simplified numerical model describing pollution movements is presented.Simulation results are consistent with experimental results.The proposed method realizes the self-cleaning of superhydrophobic nanostructured surfaces above dew point curve for the first time,which extends applications of superhydrophobic nanostructured materials in low humidity,and is expected to solve self-cleaning problems of outdoor objects in low humidity areas(<5.0 g·kg^(-1)).
