Issue 10, 2023

Toward low-emissivity passive heating: a supramolecular-enhanced membrane with warmth retention

Abstract

Maintaining a reasonably stable body temperature is vital for a variety of human activities in an energy-conservation strategy. However, it is well-known that metal-like materials, utilized as radiative reflectors, severely restrict wearability properties, thus posing a tremendous obstacle in personal thermal management (PTM) systems. Herein, we designed a supramolecular-enhanced membrane (SupraEM) acting as a mid-infrared (MIR) reflector to solve the conundrum of warmth-wearability performance. Benefiting from the low-emissivity of decorating titanium carbide (MXene) and the formation of supramolecular interactions, the prototyped polyvinylidene difluoride&Polyurethane/MXene (PVDF&PU/MXene) SupraEM demonstrated a low-emissivity of 0.246 and reinforced mechanical performance, resulting in an evenly higher temperature retention of 8 °C in comparison to the pristine hybrid membrane counterpart, and compared with a commercial textile that is three times thicker, it also exhibited higher temperature retention of 6.2 °C. This work demonstrates the wearability of decorated MXene without sacrificing its temperature retention, overcoming a major bottleneck that has plagued MXene as a thermoregulatory material for PTM systems.

Graphical abstract: Toward low-emissivity passive heating: a supramolecular-enhanced membrane with warmth retention

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
22 5 2023
Accepted
06 7 2023
First published
12 7 2023

Mater. Horiz., 2023,10, 4407-4414

Toward low-emissivity passive heating: a supramolecular-enhanced membrane with warmth retention

L. Lei, D. Wang, S. Shi, J. Yang, J. Su, C. Wang, Y. Si and J. Hu, Mater. Horiz., 2023, 10, 4407 DOI: 10.1039/D3MH00768E

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