Progress in metafibers for sustainable radiative cooling and prospects of achieving thermally drawn metafibers
The growing awareness of the energy crisis and global warming has inspired researchers to pursue alternative cooling strategies. Radiative cooling is an environmentally friendly approach that dissipates excessive heat through the atmospheric long-wave infrared transmission window (8–13 μm) to the co...
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| author | Qi, Miao Wu, Tingting Wang, Zhe Wang, Zhixun He, Bing Zhang, Haozhe Liu, Yanting Xin, Jiwu Zhou, Tianzhu Zhou, Xuhui Wei, Lei |
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| description | The growing awareness of the energy crisis and global warming has inspired researchers to pursue alternative cooling strategies. Radiative cooling is an environmentally friendly approach that dissipates excessive heat through the atmospheric long-wave infrared transmission window (8–13 μm) to the cold universe. Metamaterials with unique photonic structures are applicable to radiative cooling and have been extensively studied. Incorporating meta-elements to the fiber level of the fabric to construct metafibers is expected to achieve personal thermal management through radiative cooling. Compared with the conventional fiber manufacturing methods, the thermal drawing technique can mass-produce multimaterial and multifunctional fibers with well-defined structures. These in-fiber micro- and nanostructures of light wavelength scale possess great potentials in radiative cooling applications, providing bright prospects for a new generation of metafiber-based smart fabrics. Herein, the fundamental principles of radiative cooling and the metamaterials being used for radiative cooling are summarized. The textiles used for personal cooling and their preparation methods are also introduced. Finally, the article focuses on the preparation of micro- and nanostructures by the thermal drawing technique, which provides a potential solution for the large-scale manufacture of metafibers for sustainable radiative cooling. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1629452022-11-15T01:19:31Z Progress in metafibers for sustainable radiative cooling and prospects of achieving thermally drawn metafibers Qi, Miao Wu, Tingting Wang, Zhe Wang, Zhixun He, Bing Zhang, Haozhe Liu, Yanting Xin, Jiwu Zhou, Tianzhu Zhou, Xuhui Wei, Lei School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Engineering::Materials::Functional materials Metafibers Metamaterials The growing awareness of the energy crisis and global warming has inspired researchers to pursue alternative cooling strategies. Radiative cooling is an environmentally friendly approach that dissipates excessive heat through the atmospheric long-wave infrared transmission window (8–13 μm) to the cold universe. Metamaterials with unique photonic structures are applicable to radiative cooling and have been extensively studied. Incorporating meta-elements to the fiber level of the fabric to construct metafibers is expected to achieve personal thermal management through radiative cooling. Compared with the conventional fiber manufacturing methods, the thermal drawing technique can mass-produce multimaterial and multifunctional fibers with well-defined structures. These in-fiber micro- and nanostructures of light wavelength scale possess great potentials in radiative cooling applications, providing bright prospects for a new generation of metafiber-based smart fabrics. Herein, the fundamental principles of radiative cooling and the metamaterials being used for radiative cooling are summarized. The textiles used for personal cooling and their preparation methods are also introduced. Finally, the article focuses on the preparation of micro- and nanostructures by the thermal drawing technique, which provides a potential solution for the large-scale manufacture of metafibers for sustainable radiative cooling. Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) Ministry of Education (MOE) Nanyang Technological University National Research Foundation (NRF) Published version This work was supported by the Singapore Ministry of Education Academic Research Fund Tier 2 (MOE2019-T2-2-127 and MOE-T2EP50120-0002), A*STAR under AME IRG (A2083c0062), the Singapore Ministry of Education Academic Research Fund Tier 1 (RG90/19 and RG73/19) and the Singapore National Research Foundation Competitive Research Program (NRF-CRP18-2017-02). This study was supported under the RIE2020 Industry Alignment Fund - Industry Collaboration Projects (IAF-ICP) Funding Initiative I2001E0067 (IAF-ICP)-P2.1, as well as cash and in-kind contribution from Schaeffler (Singapore) Pte Ltd. This work was also supported by Nanyang Technological University. 2022-11-15T01:19:31Z 2022-11-15T01:19:31Z 2022 Journal Article Qi, M., Wu, T., Wang, Z., Wang, Z., He, B., Zhang, H., Liu, Y., Xin, J., Zhou, T., Zhou, X. & Wei, L. (2022). Progress in metafibers for sustainable radiative cooling and prospects of achieving thermally drawn metafibers. Advanced Energy & Sustainability Research, 3(5), 2100168-. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aesr.202100168 2699-9412 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/162945 10.1002/aesr.202100168 5 3 2100168 en MOE2019-T2-2-127 MOE-T2EP50120-0002 A2083c0062 RG90/19 RG73/19 NRF-CRP18-2017-02 I2001E0067 (IAF-ICP)-P2.1 Advanced Energy & Sustainability Research © 2021 The Authors. Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research pub-lished by Wiley-VCH GmbH. This is an open access article under the termsof the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use,distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Engineering::Materials::Functional materials Metafibers Metamaterials Qi, Miao Wu, Tingting Wang, Zhe Wang, Zhixun He, Bing Zhang, Haozhe Liu, Yanting Xin, Jiwu Zhou, Tianzhu Zhou, Xuhui Wei, Lei Progress in metafibers for sustainable radiative cooling and prospects of achieving thermally drawn metafibers |
| title | Progress in metafibers for sustainable radiative cooling and prospects of achieving thermally drawn metafibers |
| title_full | Progress in metafibers for sustainable radiative cooling and prospects of achieving thermally drawn metafibers |
| title_fullStr | Progress in metafibers for sustainable radiative cooling and prospects of achieving thermally drawn metafibers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Progress in metafibers for sustainable radiative cooling and prospects of achieving thermally drawn metafibers |
| title_short | Progress in metafibers for sustainable radiative cooling and prospects of achieving thermally drawn metafibers |
| title_sort | progress in metafibers for sustainable radiative cooling and prospects of achieving thermally drawn metafibers |
| topic | Engineering::Materials::Functional materials Metafibers Metamaterials |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/162945 |
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