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 Technologies,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
8(9)
Published: Jan. 25, 2023
Abstract
Wearable
human‐machine
interaction
(HMI)
is
an
advanced
technology
that
realizes
operations,
collaborations,
and
interactions
between
human
machines
in
a
co‐located
or
coordinated
way.
As
the
core
component
of
wearable
HMI
electronics,
flexible
sensor
desirable
to
be
intelligent,
accurate,
collaborative,
multifunctional
for
feedback
control.
Here,
MXene/polyacrylic
acid
(PAA)
hydrogel
prepared
by
radical
polymerization.
strain
sensor,
it
exhibits
high
sensitivity
(gauge
factor
≈4.94),
wide
detection
range
(0–1081%)
stable
signal
output
500
cycles.
It
can
also
monitor
movement
operate
manipulator
real
time,
exhibiting
great
potential
artificial
intelligence
HMI.
Furthermore,
MXene/PAA
shows
photothermal
conversion
performance
with
controllable
surface
temperature
regulation
ability
(RT
≈67
°C)
under
near‐infrared
radiation.
This
work
sheds
new
light
develop
collaborative
multifunction
electronics
through
integrating
personal
thermal
management
system.
Accounts of Materials Research,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
4(6), P. 484 - 495
Published: May 1, 2023
ConspectusSolar–thermal
energy
storage
(STES)
is
an
effective
and
attractive
avenue
to
overcome
the
intermittency
of
solar
radiation
boost
power
density
for
a
variety
thermal
related
applications.
Benefiting
from
high
fusion
enthalpy,
narrow
temperature
ranges,
relatively
low
expansion
coefficients,
solid–liquid
phase
change
materials
(PCMs)
have
been
viewed
as
one
promising
candidates
large-capacity
STES.
Organic
inorganic
PCMs,
however,
generally
suffer
poor
absorption,
slow
diffusion,
leakage
problems,
which
seriously
limit
their
direct
STES
Preparing
composites
through
compounding
functional
fillers
with
PCMs
has
investigated
mainstream
route
enhance
thermophysical
properties,
but
optimizing
charging,
storage,
discharging
performances
PCM
systems
remains
grand
challenge.
Most
often,
improved
were
achieved
at
sacrifice
reduced
capacity.
Simultaneous
enhancement
viable
in
recent
years
fabricating
lightly
loaded
tailoring
heat
diffusion
kinetics.In
this
Account,
we
discuss
progress
developing
that
can
achieve
rapid
long-term
stable
controlled
release.
Such
take
advantage
transportation
photons
within
fast
absorption-based
harvesting
solar–thermal
energy.
Dynamic
manipulation
absorbers
by
external
fields
further
accelerate
charging
process.
Moreover,
tuning
interaction
between
surfaces
molecules
not
only
enables
seasonable
harvested
under
supercooled
states
also
allows
controllable
release
triggering
cold
crystallization
First,
describe
design
engineering
principles
such
composites.
Emphases
are
placed
on
introducing
desired
features
comprehensively
properties
including
absorptance,
conductivity,
form
stability,
supercooling
size,
morphology,
surface
chemistry
fillers.
We
elaborate
movable
strategies
minute
driven
directionally
advance
phase-changing
interface,
thereby
accelerating
rates
while
fully
retaining
large
latent
capacity
PCMs.
The
latest
development
capable
stably
storing
room
months
or
even
introduced.
In
end,
emerging
applications
providing
domestic
heating,
personal
management
thermoelectric
conversion,
future
research
needs
field
discussed.
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.
