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Cotton modified with silver-nanowires/polydopamine for a wearable thermal management device†

Ziya Yu,a   Yanfeng Gao,*a   Xue Dia  and  Hongjie Luoab  

* Corresponding authors

a School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
E-mail: yfgao@shu.edu.cn

b Materials Genome Institute, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China

Abstract

Currently, indoor heating technology supports people's comfortable working and living conditions, but a large portion of energy is wasted on heating empty space. Target-selective heating can focus energy on specific objects, thus achieving high efficiency at a low cost. Here, we report a personal thermal management cloth that uses a coating of sliver nanowire (AgNW)/polydopamine nanocomposite; the cotton was modified with polydopamine to enhance the adhesive ability of AgNWs through intermolecular cross-linking. The AgNW/polydopamine cloth (ADNC) not only highly reflects middle-to-far infrared radiation from the human body (the average reflectance is up to 86%, approximately 66 times higher than normal cloth), but it also allows Joule heating with a quick thermal response (1 min, from 22 °C to 40 °C). Additionally, the AgNW/polydopamine cloth is durable and washable, making it suitable for a personal thermal management cloth.

Graphical abstract: Cotton modified with silver-nanowires/polydopamine for a wearable thermal management device

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6RA13104B
Article type
Paper
Submitted
20 May 2016
Accepted
09 Jul 2016
First published
11 Jul 2016

RSC Adv., 2016,6, 67771-67777

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Cotton modified with silver-nanowires/polydopamine for a wearable thermal management device

Z. Yu, Y. Gao, X. Di and H. Luo, RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 67771 DOI: 10.1039/C6RA13104B

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