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Evaporative/radiative electrospun membrane for personal cooling

Mohammad Irfan Iqbal1,§, Shuo Shi2,§, Gokula Manikandan Senthil Kumar3, Jinlian Hu2()
Institute of Textiles and Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong 999077, China
Department of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China
Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong 999077, China

§ Mohammad Irfan Iqbal and Shuo Shi contributed equally to this work.

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Designed evaporative/radiative electrospun membranes concurrently offer excellent water vapor transmissivity and mid-infrared transmissivity compared to conventional cotton. This design fosters electrospinning technology for personal cooling garment fabrication.

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Functional textiles that promote daily comfort and productivity must efficiently release body sweats and transmit radiative heat through sweat evaporation and mid-infrared radiation (MIR) (8–13 µm). However, most of the traditional clothing cannot provide simultaneous sweat evaporation and mid-infrared radiation transmission efficiently, leading to a poor design of personal cooling wearables. Herein, an evaporative/radiative integrated functional fibrous electrospun membrane is meticulously designed and controllably fabricated via facile electrospinning technology for personal cooling management. The developed membrane can be applied as a smart wearable with distinct personal thermal management applications. The promising temperature and humidity responsive vapor transmission of the membrane grants 1.2 times of evaporative cooling than that of traditional cotton. Besides, based on its high mid-infrared radiation transmission (53%) property in the range of 8–13 µm, the as-spun membrane provides extra cooling of 1.5 °C than that of cotton. Moreover, the building energy saving performances demonstrated that 47.1% annual building cooling can be achieved using the developed electrospun membrane. In general, the evaporative/radiative electrospun membrane creates a passive cooling microclimate for the human body, meeting the growing demand of wearable for personal cooling.

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building energycooling managementelectrospinningevaporative coolingradiative cooling

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Nano Research
Volume 16 Issue 2,
February 2023
Pages 2563-2571
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-022-4987-x
Cite this article:
Iqbal MI, Shi S, Senthil Kumar GM, et al. Evaporative/radiative electrospun membrane for personal cooling. Nano Research, 2023, 16(2): 2563-2571. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-4987-x
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