Abstract
Because of their great water repellency, Superhydrophobic coatings have a major impact on a variety of industrial applications. The current study’s key originality is the development of low-cost, stable, superhydrophobic, and corrosion-resistant composite coatings. In the present work, polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)/Al2O3 composite coatings were produced using the spray technique to investigate the wettability and corrosion behavior of the coated materials for industrial and civil applications. PVDF was mixed with various concentrations of Al2O3 nanoparticles, and the mixture was sprayed onto steel, aluminum, and glass substrates. The wettability and morphology of the coated surfaces were investigated using the sessile droplet method and scanning electron microscopy, respectively. The corrosion resistance of bare substrates was compared to that of those coated with PVDF alone and those coated with PVDF/Al2O3 nanoparticles using Tafel polarization techniques. The force of adhesion between the coat and the substrates was measured in pounds per square inch. A nanoindentation test was also used to measure the hardness of the coating layer. The PVDF/Al2O3 coated steel showed a significantly higher water contact angle and lower contact angle hysteresis, reaching 157 ± 2° and 7 ± 1°, respectively, compared to the coated aluminum and glass substrates. Corrosion test results showed that the superhydrophobic PVDF/Al2O3 coatings had a much higher corrosion protection efficiency for steel and aluminum than that of the PVDF ones. The PVDF/Al2O3 coated substrates showed moderate but still acceptable adhesion between the coating layer and the substrates. Moreover, the PVDF/Al2O3 coatings had much better mechanical properties than the PVDF only coatings. Such type of coating could be a promising candidate for possible industrial and civil applications.
Highlights
Many efforts have been devoted to the development of superhydrophobic coatings by forming a rough structure and/or reducing the surface energy by using low-surface energy materials
Because superhydrophobicity properties are a consequence of surface free energy and roughness, two methods for fabricating superhydrophobic surfaces (SHCs) have been introduced: chemically altering a surface of a low-surface energy substance or enhancing the roughness of the target materials’
The solvents utilized were N, N-dimethylformamide (DMF, HCON(CH3 )2, >99%, reagent), stearic acid, and hexane (C6 H14 ), which were supplied by AlSAFWA Center (Cairo, Egypt)
Summary
Because of their unique self-cleaning, anti-stick, and anticontamination, properties superhydrophobic surfaces (SHCs) have received a lot of attention [1]. Superhydrophobic coatings with a water contact angle (WCA) greater than 150◦ have received interest due to their water repellence, self-cleaning abilities, and corrosion resistance [2]. Many efforts have been devoted to the development of superhydrophobic coatings by forming a rough structure and/or reducing the surface energy by using low-surface energy materials. Because superhydrophobicity properties are a consequence of surface free energy and roughness, two methods for fabricating SHCs have been introduced: chemically altering a surface of a low-surface energy substance or enhancing the roughness of the target materials’
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