Advanced Materials R&D center, National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy
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The authors are grateful for the financial support of this research from the CHN ENERGY Science and Technology Innovation Project ‘Harmless Recycling and Resource Utilization of New Energy Solid Waste’ (CSIEKJ220700493) and CHN ENERGY Investment Group Co. LTD during the plasma-based technologies for wind turbine blade recycling (S930026058).
To enable high-value utilization of thermosetting composite waste from decommissioned wind turbine blades
this study proposes a strategy based on mechanically recycled wind turbine blade powder. The waste blades were mechanically ground to obtain wind turbine blade powder with a particle size of ≤50 μm. Subsequent alkaline treatment yielded hydroxyl-enriched powder
characterized by abundant surface hydroxyl functionalities. The hydroxyl-enriched powder was further modified via surface grafting with perfluorodecyltriethoxysilane
resulting in a superhydrophobic fluorinated filler with a water contact angle of 152.2°. Furthermore
the multifunctional composite coatings were successfully fabricated by incorporating the fluorinated filler into a fluorocarbon resin matrix via ultrasonic-assisted dispersion
followed by spray coating. With the addition of 60% fluorinated filler
the resulting coating exhibited superhydrophobic properties
characterized by a water contact angle exceeding 150° and a sliding angle below 10°
along with excellent anti-soiling performance. In addition
the composite coating demonstrated superior dynamic anti-icing performance
delaying surface icing by a factor of three and achieving a low ice adhesion strength of approximately 200 kPa. The coating also showed strong corrosion resistance
retaining an impedance above 107 Ω·cm2 after 15 days of immersion in 3.5 wt% NaCl solution
outperforming the reference pure tinplate substrates. This work demonstrates that the incorporation of the fluorinated filler into fluorocarbon coatings offers a facile
energy-efficient
and scalable strategy
paving the way for a promising engineering solution to the high-value recovery and functional reuse of waste wind turbine blade materials.