Advanced Materials,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
35(41)
Published: March 27, 2023
Maintaining
human
thermal
comfort
in
the
cold
outdoors
is
crucial
for
diverse
outdoor
activities,
e.g.,
sports
and
recreation,
healthcare,
special
occupations.
To
date,
advanced
clothes
are
employed
to
collect
solar
energy
as
a
heat
source
stand
climates,
while
their
dull
dark
photothermal
coating
may
hinder
pragmatism
environments
visual
sense
considering
fashion.
Herein,
tailor-made
white
webs
with
strong
effect
proposed.
With
embedding
of
cesium-tungsten
bronze
(Csx
WO3
)
nanoparticles
(NPs)
additive
inside
nylon
nanofibers,
these
capable
drawing
both
near-infrared
(NIR)
ultraviolet
(UV)
light
sunlight
heating.
Their
exceptional
conversion
capability
enables
2.5-10.5
°C
greater
warmth
than
that
commercial
sweatshirt
six
times
thickness
under
different
climates.
Remarkably,
this
smart
fabric
can
increase
its
efficiency
wet
state.
It
optimal
fast
sweat
or
water
evaporation
at
temperature
(38.5
°C)
sunlight,
role
thermoregulation
equally
important
avoid
excess
loss
wilderness
survival.
Obviously,
web
considerable
merits
shape
retention,
softness,
safety,
breathability,
washability,
on-demand
coloration
provides
revolutionary
solution
realize
energy-saving
simultaneously
satisfy
needs
fashion
aesthetics.
Advanced Materials,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
36(23)
Published: Feb. 22, 2024
Abstract
In
the
last
decade,
interfacial
solar
steam
generation
(ISSG),
powered
by
natural
sunlight
garnered
significant
attention
due
to
its
great
potential
for
low‐cost
and
environmentally
friendly
clean
water
production
in
alignment
with
global
decarbonization
efforts.
This
review
aims
share
knowledge
engage
a
broader
readership
about
current
progress
of
ISSG
technology
facing
challenges
promote
further
advancements
toward
practical
applications.
The
first
part
this
assesses
strategies
enhancing
energy
efficiency
systems,
including
optimizing
light
absorption,
reducing
losses,
harvesting
additional
energy,
lowering
evaporation
enthalpy.
Subsequently,
faced
technologies,
notably
salt
accumulation
bio‐fouling
issues
applications,
are
elucidated
contemporary
methods
discussed
overcome
these
challenges.
end,
applications
ISSG,
ranging
from
initial
seawater
desalination
industrial
wastewater
purification
power
generation,
sterilization,
soil
remediation,
innovative
concept
sea
farm,
introduced,
highlighting
promising
contributing
sustainable
conscious
practices.
Based
on
in‐depth
understanding
aspects,
future
research
focuses
proposed
address
both
fundamental
Advanced Functional Materials,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Oct. 8, 2024
Abstract
Energy‐efficient
building
materials
are
eye‐catching
for
reducing
indoor
energy
consumption
via
eliminating
electromagnetic
interference
and
pollution,
controlling
the
thermal
transfer,
promoting
sunlight
harvesting
providing
a
comfortable
living
environment.
To
realize
broadband
microwave
shielding,
elaborate
control
of
microstructures
has
showed
great
potential
research
direction.
By
composition
regulation
structure
design
with
various
dimension,
synergistic
effects
including
conductive
networks,
interfacial
polarization,
magnetic
coupling,
dipole
dielectric‐magnetic
synergy,
can
significantly
improve
(EM)
shielding
capacity.
Thermal
management
conversion,
storage,
radiation,
conduction
enormous
in
enhancing
sustainability
efficiency
future
buildings.
Smart
windows
able
to
switch
optical
transmittance
colors,
which
is
contributed
saving
energy.
Herein,
this
review,
recent
progress
management,
smart
window
field
energy‐efficient
buildings
summarized,
from
aspects
materials,
mechanisms,
scenarios.
Further,
main
bottlenecks
problems
discussed,
opportunities
further
highlighted.
SusMat,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
3(4), P. 510 - 521
Published: July 23, 2023
Abstract
In
response
to
global
energy
scarcity,
frontiers
in
multifunctional
composite
phase
change
materials
(PCMs)
with
photo‐/electro‐/magnetothermal
triggers
show
great
potential
multiple
utilization.
However,
most
available
PCM
candidates
are
inadequate
for
storage
applications
simultaneously.
Herein,
a
green
synthetic
route
is
proposed
develop
bimetallic
zeolitic
imidazolate
framework
(ZIF)‐derived
1D–2D
bridged
array
carbon‐based
PCMs
simultaneous
applications.
As
graphitization‐induced
catalyst,
Co
nanoparticles
greatly
boost
the
formation
of
ZIF‐derived
carbon
high
graphitization
and
low
interface
electrical/thermal
resistance.
Benefiting
from
broadband
intense
photon
capture,
fast
photon/electron/phonon
transport,
surface
plasma
resonance
effect
nanoparticles,
resulting
integrate
advanced
photo‐,
electro‐,
magnetothermal
functions.
Furthermore,
also
exhibit
long‐lasting
shape
stability,
structural
thermal
stability
after
undergoing
heating–cooling
cycles.
This
study
promising
accelerate
major
breakthroughs
toward
