Uniform design for the optimization of Al2O3 nanofilms produced by electrophoretic deposition

Abstract

Surface modification by means of nanostructures is of interest to enhance boiling heat transfer in various applications including the organic Rankine cycle (ORC). With the goal of obtaining rough and dense aluminum oxide (Al2O3) nanofilms, the optimal combination of process parameters for electrophoretic deposition (EPD) based on the uniform design (UD) method is explored in this paper. The detailed procedures for the EPD process and UD method are presented. Four main influencing conditions controlling the EPD process were identified as nanofluid concentration, deposition time, applied voltage and suspension pH. A series of tests were carried out based on the UD experimental design. A regression model and statistical analysis were applied to the results. Sensitivity analyses of the effect of the four main parameters on the roughness and deposited mass of Al2O3 films were also carried out. The results showed that Al2O3 nanofilms were deposited compactly and uniformly on the substrate. Within the range of the experiments, the preferred combination of process parameters was determined to be nanofluid concentration of 2 wt.%, deposition time of 15 min, applied voltage of 23 V and suspension pH of 3, yielding roughness and deposited mass of 520.9 nm and 161.6 × 10− 4 g/cm2, respectively. A verification experiment was carried out at these conditions and gave values of roughness and deposited mass within 8% error of the expected ones as determined from the UD approach. It is concluded that uniform design is useful for the optimization of electrophoretic deposition requiring only 7 tests compared to 49 using the orthogonal design method.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2015.12.039
Divisions: College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > School of Infrastructure and Sustainable Engineering > Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry
College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Aston Institute of Materials Research (AIMR)
College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > School of Engineering and Technology > Mechanical, Biomedical & Design
College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > School of Infrastructure and Sustainable Engineering > Engineering Systems and Supply Chain Management
College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Sustainable environment research group
College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Energy and Bioproducts Research Institute (EBRI)
Additional Information: © 2015, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Uncontrolled Keywords: boiling heat transfer enhancement,electrophoretic deposition,nanofilms,statistical analysis,surface modification,uniform design,Chemistry(all),Condensed Matter Physics,Materials Chemistry,Surfaces, Coatings and Films,Surfaces and Interfaces
Publication ISSN: 1879-3347
Last Modified: 20 Mar 2024 08:12
Date Deposited: 19 Aug 2019 10:08
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2016-01
Published Online Date: 2015-12-17
Accepted Date: 2015-12-13
Submitted Date: 2015-09-04
Authors: Song, Gu
Xu, Guoqiang
Quan, Yongkai
Yuan, Qingchun (ORCID Profile 0000-0001-5982-3819)
Davies, Philip A. (ORCID Profile 0000-0003-4783-1234)

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