TY  - EJOU
AU  - Zhong, Zhengmin 
AU  - Sun, Yang 
AU  - Liu, Wanli 
AU  - Tian, Ye 
AU  - Xie, Zhenting 
AU  - Ge, Kun 
AU  - Wang, Jiaqi 

TI  - Facilely Fabricated Hair-Based Photothermal Materials with Microstructure for Deicing
T2  - Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer

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SN  - 2151-8629

AB  - Icing poses significant challenges to infrastructure and energy systems, necessitating efficient and sustainable deicing solutions. This study presents a photothermal material that is facilely fabricated from waste human hair, offering a low cost and environmentally friendly deicing approach. A microstructure is introduced to enhance light absorption through internal trapping. Under 1 sun irradiation, the optimized material reaches 65°C within 10 min and maintains stable performance during prolonged and cyclic heating. It exhibits excellent anti-icing, deicing, and defrosting capabilities, successfully melting ice layers up to 5 mm thick on a blade model within 90 s. With high flexibility and durability, the waste-derived photothermal material provides a scalable, economical, and sustainable strategy for practical deicing applications.
KW  - Photothermal materials; hair; heat; deicing

DO  - 10.32604/fhmt.2026.085419