TY - JOUR
T1 - Fabric Comprised of Cotton Impregnated with Graphene Oxide and Coated with Polystyrene for Personal Moisture and Thermal Management
AU - Yuan, Shuaijie
AU - Wang, Jian
AU - Mei, Jiayi
AU - Zhao, Jing
AU - Huang, Gang
AU - Li, Zhengrong
AU - He, Xiaoxia
AU - Fan, Jintu
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [grant number 52203068], the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province [grant number 2021A1515010704], the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation [grant number 2020A1515110363], the Guangdong Science and Technology Major Special Fund [grant number 2020-182], the Joint Research Fund of Wuyi University and Hong Kong [grant number 2021WGALH03], the Special Funds for the Cultivation of Guangdong College Students’ Scientific and Technological Innovation [Climbing Program Special Funds, grant number pdjh2021b0513], the Key Program of the Educational Commission of Guangdong Province [grant number 2019KZDXM017], the Scientific Foundation for Yong Talents of the Education Department of Guangdong Province [grant number 2020KQNCX155], and the Scientific Research Startup Funds for High-Level Talents of Wuyi University [grant number 2020AL017].
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 American Chemical Society.
PY - 2023/3/24
Y1 - 2023/3/24
N2 - Moisture and thermal management fabrics that remove perspiration and regulate skin temperature can improve human comfort. However, fabrics with radiant cooling and rapid sw eat evaporation effects that can address both heat and moisture management remain a challenge. Therefore, a perspiration evaporation fabric based on graphene oxide (GO), polystyrene (PS), and cotton (referred to as G/P-C) was prepared using a simple soaking and electrostatic spinning strategy. When there was no perspiration (indoor scenarios), the fabric exhibited an exceptional radiative cooling capacity. The heat storage power of the G/P-C fabric (0.68 W/m2) was lower than that of cotton (4.63 W/m2) due to the integrated GO nanosheets that absorb human infrared radiation (IR), indicating that less heat was trapped between the skin and the fabric. Additionally, the temperature of human skin covered with the G/P-C fabric decreased by approximately 1.6 °C from that of skin covered with cotton. When there was perspiration (outdoor scenarios), the surface temperature of the resulting fabric increased by 3.2 °C and the evaporation rate was nearly twice that of cotton due to the combination of solar radiation adsorption and directional water transport. This fabric is expected to provide insight into the development of sweat management for personal health and comfort.
AB - Moisture and thermal management fabrics that remove perspiration and regulate skin temperature can improve human comfort. However, fabrics with radiant cooling and rapid sw eat evaporation effects that can address both heat and moisture management remain a challenge. Therefore, a perspiration evaporation fabric based on graphene oxide (GO), polystyrene (PS), and cotton (referred to as G/P-C) was prepared using a simple soaking and electrostatic spinning strategy. When there was no perspiration (indoor scenarios), the fabric exhibited an exceptional radiative cooling capacity. The heat storage power of the G/P-C fabric (0.68 W/m2) was lower than that of cotton (4.63 W/m2) due to the integrated GO nanosheets that absorb human infrared radiation (IR), indicating that less heat was trapped between the skin and the fabric. Additionally, the temperature of human skin covered with the G/P-C fabric decreased by approximately 1.6 °C from that of skin covered with cotton. When there was perspiration (outdoor scenarios), the surface temperature of the resulting fabric increased by 3.2 °C and the evaporation rate was nearly twice that of cotton due to the combination of solar radiation adsorption and directional water transport. This fabric is expected to provide insight into the development of sweat management for personal health and comfort.
KW - GO nanosheets
KW - passive radiative cooling
KW - personal management fabric
KW - photo-to-thermal conversion
KW - sweat evaporation fabric
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U2 - 10.1021/acsanm.2c05582
DO - 10.1021/acsanm.2c05582
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85149483471
SN - 2574-0970
VL - 6
SP - 4499
EP - 4510
JO - ACS Applied Nano Materials
JF - ACS Applied Nano Materials
IS - 6
ER -