Water Freezes at Near-Zero Temperatures Using Carbon Nanotube-Based Electrodes under Static Electric Fields

Huang, Zhi; Kaur, Sumanjeet; Ahmed, Musahid; Prasher, Ravi

doi:10.1021/acsami.0c11694

Title: Water Freezes at Near-Zero Temperatures Using Carbon Nanotube-Based Electrodes under Static Electric Fields

Journal Article · Fri Sep 11 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c11694· OSTI ID:1769319

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Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)

Although static electric fields have been effective in controlling ice nucleation, the highest freezing temperature (T_f) of water that can be achieved in an electric field (E) is still uncertain. In this study, we performed a systematic study of the effect of an electric field on water freezing by varying the thickness of a dielectric layer and the voltage across it in an electrowetting system. Results show that T_f first increases sharply with E and then reaches saturation at –3.5 °C after a critical value E of 6 × 10⁶ V/m. Using classical heterogeneous nucleation theory, it is revealed that this behavior is due to saturation in the contact angle of the ice embryo with the underlying substrate. Finally, we show that it is possible to overcome this freezing saturation by controlling the uniformity of the electric field using carbon nanotubes. We achieve a T_f of –0.6 °C using carbon nanotube-based electrodes with an E of 3 × 10⁷ V/m. This work sheds new light on the control of ice nucleation and has the potential to impact many applications ranging from food freezing to ice production.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1769319

Journal Information:: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Vol. 12, Issue 40; ISSN 1944-8244

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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