Tailoring liquid/solid interfacial energy transfer: Fabrication and application of multiscale metallic surfaces with engineered heat transfer and electrolysis properties via femtosecond laser surface processing techniques

Troy P. Anderson, Chris Wilson, Craig A. Zuhlke, Corey Kruse, Anton Hassebrook, Isra Somanas, Sidy Ndao, George Gogos, Dennis Alexander

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Abstract

Femtosecond Laser Surface Processing (FLSP) is a powerful technique for the fabrication of self-organized multiscale surface structures on metals that are critical for advanced control over energy transfer at a liquid/solid interface in applications such as electrolysis. The efficiency of the hydrogen evolution reaction on stainless steel 316 electrodes in a 1 molar potassium hydroxide solution is used to analyze the role of surface geometry to facilitate the phase conversion of the liquid to a gaseous state in the vicinity of the interface. It is found that the efficiency of the electrolysis process is directly related to the separation of micro-scale features on an electrode surface. The enhancement is attributed to the size of the valleys between microstructures controlling the contact between an evolving vapor bubble and the electrode surface. The results suggest an alternative pathway for the tailoring of interfacial energy transfer on structured surfaces separate from traditional benchmarks such as surface area and contact angle.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationLaser-Based Micro- and Nanoprocessing VIII
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Print)9780819498816
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
EventLaser-Based Micro- and Nanoprocessing VIII - San Francisco, CA, United States
Duration: Feb 4 2014Feb 6 2014

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume8968
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceLaser-Based Micro- and Nanoprocessing VIII
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco, CA
Period2/4/142/6/14

Keywords

  • Bubble Overvoltage
  • Electrolysis
  • Femtosecond Laser Surface Processing
  • Stainless Steel

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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