Investigation of micro and nanostructure on porous high-entropy alloy surface influences its hydrophobicity

Manman Wang, Xing Zhang, Haoming Zou, Xijuan Lv*, Qinghai Shu*

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Abstract

The micro and nanostructures of materials have an important effect on the wettability of materials' surfaces. For AlCoCrFeNi2.1 and AlCoCrFe Ni High-entropy alloy, the special porous micro and nanostructure can be fabricated by electrochemical dealloying in 5 wt.% sulfuric acid solution aiming to improve the hydrophobicity of the material surface. The surface crystal structure of the prepared porous HEAs was characterized by x-ray diffraction, the micromorphologies were characterized by a scanning electron microscope, and the static water contact angles were measured by a contact angle goniometer. The results showed that AlCoCrFeNi2.1 HEA showed nanoscale pores and smooth surfaces, while AlCoCrFeNi HEA showed microscale pores, but rough surfaces generated from nanoscale short rod-like particles. AlCoCrFeNi2.1 HEA showed FCC (Fe-, Cr- and Ni-rich) and BCC (Al- and Ni-rich) dual phase structures and AlCoCrFeNi HEA showed BCC (Al- and Ni-rich) and B2 (Fe- and Cr-rich) phase structure. The prepared porous AlCoCrFeNi HEA possessed quite good hydrophobicity than that of AlCoCrFeNi2.1 HEA, and this can be explained as the result of the "lotus effect"formed by the aggregation of nanoscale short rod-like particles.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNinth International Conference on Energy Materials and Electrical Engineering, ICEMEE 2023
EditorsIshak Bin Aris, Jinghong Zhou
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510672765
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024
Event9th International Conference on Energy Materials and Electrical Engineering, ICEMEE 2023 - Guilin, China
Duration: 25 Aug 202327 Aug 2023

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume12979
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

Conference9th International Conference on Energy Materials and Electrical Engineering, ICEMEE 2023
Country/TerritoryChina
CityGuilin
Period25/08/2327/08/23

Keywords

  • AlCoCrFeNi and AlCoCrFeNi HEA
  • hydrophobicity
  • micro and nanostructure
  • porous high entropy alloy (HEA)
  • wettability

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