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

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A personal thermal management device that uses a coating of a silver nanowire/polydopamine nanocomposite was prepared, which allows Joule heating with a quick thermal response (1 min, from 22 °C to 40 °C).

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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.

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Journal ID (publisher-id): RSCACL

Title: RSC Advances

Abbreviated Title: RSC Adv.

Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

ISSN (Electronic): 2046-2069

Publication date Created: 2016

Publication date (Electronic): 2016

Volume: 6

Issue: 72

Pages: 67771-67777

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[1 ]School of Materials Science and Engineering

[2 ]Shanghai University

[3 ]Shanghai 200444

[4 ]China

[5 ]Materials Genome Institute

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DOI: 10.1039/C6RA13104B

SO-VID: c33c840a-596e-4f1c-b8ce-5ef5d1b2adeb

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