Water condensation behavior on the surface of a network of superhydrophobic carbon fibers with high-aspect-ratio nanostructures

Carbon

Volumn 50, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 5085-5092

  Ko, Tae Jun ^a,b   Her, Eun Kyu ^a,b   Shin, Bongsu ^a,b   Kim, Ho Young ^a   Lee, Kwang Ryeol ^b   Hong, Bo Ki ^c   Kim, Sae Hoon ^c   Oh, Kyu Hwan ^a   Moon, Myoung Woon ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c Hyundai Motor Co   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE HYSTERESIS; DROPWISE CONDENSATION; FIBER NETWORKS; GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; INTERSTITIAL SPACE; NANOPILLARS; OXYGEN PLASMA ETCHING; PRISTINE SURFACES; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC; WATER CONDENSATION; WATER CONTACT ANGLE; WATER DROPLETS; WATER REMOVAL;

ASPECT RATIO; CARBON FIBERS; CONDENSATION; CONTACT ANGLE; DROPS; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROPHOBICITY; NANOSTRUCTURES; PLASMA ETCHING; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84865485141     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2012.06.048     Document Type: Article

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