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Acta Metall Sin  2018, Vol. 54 Issue (1): 109-117    DOI: 10.11900/0412.1961.2017.00196
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Fabricating Superhydrophobic Copper Meshes by One-Step Electrodeposition Method and Its Anti-Corrosion and Oil-Water Separation Abilities
Tingting ZHAO, Zhixin KANG(), Xiayu MA
Guangdong Key Laboratory for Advanced Metallic Materials Processing, National Engineering Research Center of Near-Net-Shape Forming for Metallic Materials, School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
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Tingting ZHAO, Zhixin KANG, Xiayu MA. Fabricating Superhydrophobic Copper Meshes by One-Step Electrodeposition Method and Its Anti-Corrosion and Oil-Water Separation Abilities. Acta Metall Sin, 2018, 54(1): 109-117.

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Abstract  

Special wettability includes superhydrophobic, superhydrophilic, superoleophobic and superoleophilic etc. The superhydrophobic surfaces are governed by the surface chemistry and unique micro/nanostructures. Up to now, numerous methods have been reported in constructing superhydrophobic surfaces including chemical vapor deposition, chemical etching, hydrothermal, sol-gel and so on. Preparing superhydrophobic films on metal surfaces is an effective way to improve the anti-corrosion property of metal substrates. In addition, superhydrophobic films can be used to oil-water separation. In this work, a one-step electrodeposition was applied to prepare superhydrophobic surfaces on copper meshes. The morphology, wettability and chemical composition of the prepared films were characterized by SEM, optical contact angle meter, EDS, FTIR and XPS. The results showed that the surface on copper meshes obtained at 30 V with 10 min was uniformly covered by microcells aggregated by nanosheets. The surfaces of the copper meshes were composed of copper myristate (Cu[CH3(CH2)12COO]2) and reach the maximum contact angle of 156.2° with the rolling angle as low as 1°. The potentiodynamic polarization curves were utilized to analyze the corrosion resistance, which demonstrated that corrosion current densities of the superhydrophobic film was 4.77×10-9 A/cm2, decreased by more than 3 orders of magnitude, and the corrosion potential was 0.036 V more positive compared with the copper substrate. Moreover,the oil-water separation tests showed that the separation efficiency of the film after reused for 5 times maintained above 95%, exhibiting excellent oil-water property and recycle capability.

Key words:  one-step electrodeposition      copper mesh      superhydrophobic      anti-corrosion      oil-water separation     
Received:  24 May 2017     
ZTFLH:  TG178  
Fund: Supported by Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (No.2015A030313219) and Science and Technology Research Program of Guangzhou (No.201510010155)

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https://www.ams.org.cn/EN/10.11900/0412.1961.2017.00196     OR     https://www.ams.org.cn/EN/Y2018/V54/I1/109

Fig.1  Schematic of the fabrication of a superhydrophobic film on Cu meshes
Fig.2  Low (a~e) and high (f~j) magnified surface SEM images of the as-prepared films obtained with different electrodeposition time at 30 V
(a, f) 1 min (b, g) 4 min (c, h) 7 min (d, i) 10 min (e, j) 15 min
Fig.3  Water contact angles and sliding angles of the as-prepared films obtained with different electrodeposition time at 30 V
Fig.4  Low (a~e) and high (f~j) magnified surface SEM images of the films obtained at different electrodeposition voltages for 10 min
(a, f) 10 V (b, g) 20 V (c, h) 30 V (d, i) 40 V (e, j) 50 V
Fig.5  Water conatact angles and sliding angles of the as-prepared films obtained azat different electrodeposition voltages for 10 min
Fig.6  Images of water contact angle (a) and slide angle (b) at 30 V for 10 min
Fig.7  EDS of the superhydrophobic film
Fig.8  FTIR spectra of the superhydrophobic film and myristic acid
Fig.9  XPS survey spectrum (a), C1s (b) and O1s (c) of the superhydrophobic flim at 30 V for 10 min
Fig.10  Schematic of the electrodeposition principle
Fig.11  Potentiodynamic polarization curves of the Cu mesh and the superhydrophobic film in 3.5%NaCl solution (icorr — corrosion current density)
Fig.12  Photographs before (a) and after (b) the oilwater separation process
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