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Nano Research 2023, 16(2): 3326-3332 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-4962-6
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Visible transparent, infrared stealthy polymeric films with nanocoating of ITO@MXene enable efficient passive radiative heating and solar/electric thermal conversion

Show Author's Information Xingyuan Du1,  Xiangxin Li1,  Yuxuan Zhang1,  Xinyi Guo1,2,  Zhengji Li2,  Yanxia Cao1,  Yanyu Yang1,  Wanjie Wang1,  Jianfeng Wang1( )
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan Key Laboratory of Advanced Nylon Materials and Application, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
China Construction Seventh Engineering Division Corp. Ltd., Zhengzhou 450004, China
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transparent polymeric film, nanocoating decoration, ITO@MXene, low infrared emissivity, passive radiative heating, solar/electric heating
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Du X, Li X, Zhang Y, et al. Visible transparent, infrared stealthy polymeric films with nanocoating of ITO@MXene enable efficient passive radiative heating and solar/electric thermal conversion. Nano Research, 2023, 16(2): 3326-3332. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-4962-6
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Visible transparent yet low infrared-emissivity (ε) polymeric materials are highly anticipated in many applications, whereas the fabrication of which remains a formidable challenge. Herein, visible transparent, flexible, and low-ε polymeric films were fabricated by nanocoating decoration of indium tin oxide (ITO) and MXene on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film surface through magnetron sputtering and spray coating, respectively. The obtained PET-ITO@MXene (PET-IM) film exhibits low ε of 24.7% and high visible transmittance exceeding 50%, endowing it with excellent visible transparent infrared stealthy by reducing human skin radiation temperature from 32 to 20.8 °C, and remarkable zero-energy passive radiative heating capability (5.7 °C). Meanwhile, the transparent low-ε PET-IM film has high solar absorptivity and electrical conductivity, enabling superior solar/electric to thermal conversion performance. Notably, the three heating modes of passive radiative and active solar/electric can be integrated together to cope with complex heating scenarios. These visible transparent low-ε polymeric films are highly promising in infrared stealth, building daylighting and thermal management, and personal precision heating.


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Visible transparent, infrared stealthy polymeric films with nanocoating of ITO@MXene enable efficient passive radiative heating and solar/electric thermal conversion

Show Author's information Xingyuan Du1, Xiangxin Li1, Yuxuan Zhang1, Xinyi Guo1,2, Zhengji Li2, Yanxia Cao1, Yanyu Yang1, Wanjie Wang1, Jianfeng Wang1( )
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan Key Laboratory of Advanced Nylon Materials and Application, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
China Construction Seventh Engineering Division Corp. Ltd., Zhengzhou 450004, China

Abstract

Visible transparent yet low infrared-emissivity (ε) polymeric materials are highly anticipated in many applications, whereas the fabrication of which remains a formidable challenge. Herein, visible transparent, flexible, and low-ε polymeric films were fabricated by nanocoating decoration of indium tin oxide (ITO) and MXene on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film surface through magnetron sputtering and spray coating, respectively. The obtained PET-ITO@MXene (PET-IM) film exhibits low ε of 24.7% and high visible transmittance exceeding 50%, endowing it with excellent visible transparent infrared stealthy by reducing human skin radiation temperature from 32 to 20.8 °C, and remarkable zero-energy passive radiative heating capability (5.7 °C). Meanwhile, the transparent low-ε PET-IM film has high solar absorptivity and electrical conductivity, enabling superior solar/electric to thermal conversion performance. Notably, the three heating modes of passive radiative and active solar/electric can be integrated together to cope with complex heating scenarios. These visible transparent low-ε polymeric films are highly promising in infrared stealth, building daylighting and thermal management, and personal precision heating.

Keywords: transparent polymeric film, nanocoating decoration, ITO@MXene, low infrared emissivity, passive radiative heating, solar/electric heating

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Received: 27 July 2022
Revised: 21 August 2022
Accepted: 24 August 2022
Published: 22 October 2022
Issue date: February 2023

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Financial support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52003248), the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Nos. 2018M642780 and 2021T140613), the Opening Project of State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering (Sichuan University) (No. sklpme2019-4-31), and the Key Research and Development and Promotion projects of Henan Province (No. 202102210032) are gratefully acknowledged.

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