Lian Meng, Ding Wei, Liu Song, Wang Yufeng, Zhu Tianyi, Miao Yue-E, Zhang Chao, Liu Tianxi
State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, People's Republic of China.
Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, People's Republic of China.
Nanomicro Lett. 2024 Feb 26;16(1):131. doi: 10.1007/s40820-024-01356-x.
The demand for highly porous yet transparent aerogels with mechanical flexibility and solar-thermal dual-regulation for energy-saving windows is significant but challenging. Herein, a delaminated aerogel film (DAF) is fabricated through filtration-induced delaminated gelation and ambient drying. The delaminated gelation process involves the assembly of fluorinated cellulose nanofiber (FCNF) at the solid-liquid interface between the filter and the filtrate during filtration, resulting in the formation of lamellar FCNF hydrogels with strong intra-plane and weak interlayer hydrogen bonding. By exchanging the solvents from water to hexane, the hydrogen bonding in the FCNF hydrogel is further enhanced, enabling the formation of the DAF with intra-layer mesopores upon ambient drying. The resulting aerogel film is lightweight and ultra-flexible, which possesses desirable properties of high visible-light transmittance (91.0%), low thermal conductivity (33 mW m K), and high atmospheric-window emissivity (90.1%). Furthermore, the DAF exhibits reduced surface energy and exceptional hydrophobicity due to the presence of fluorine-containing groups, enhancing its durability and UV resistance. Consequently, the DAF has demonstrated its potential as solar-thermal regulatory cooling window materials capable of simultaneously providing indoor lighting, thermal insulation, and daytime radiative cooling under direct sunlight. Significantly, the enclosed space protected by the DAF exhibits a temperature reduction of 2.6 °C compared to that shielded by conventional architectural glass.
对于用于节能窗户的具有机械柔韧性和太阳-热双重调节功能的高孔隙率且透明的气凝胶,其需求巨大但颇具挑战。在此,通过过滤诱导分层凝胶化和常压干燥制备了一种分层气凝胶薄膜(DAF)。分层凝胶化过程涉及在过滤过程中,氟化纤维素纳米纤维(FCNF)在过滤器与滤液之间的固-液界面处组装,从而形成具有强面内和弱层间氢键的层状FCNF水凝胶。通过将溶剂从水换成己烷,FCNF水凝胶中的氢键进一步增强,使得在常压干燥后能够形成具有层内介孔的DAF。所得的气凝胶薄膜质轻且超柔韧,具有高可见光透过率(91.0%)、低导热率(33 mW m⁻¹ K⁻¹)和高大气窗口发射率(90.1%)等理想性能。此外,由于含氟基团的存在,DAF表现出降低了的表面能和优异的疏水性,增强了其耐久性和抗紫外线能力。因此,DAF已展现出作为太阳-热调节冷却窗材料的潜力,能够在直射阳光下同时提供室内照明、隔热和日间辐射冷却。值得注意的是,与传统建筑玻璃遮蔽的空间相比,由DAF保护的封闭空间温度降低了2.6℃。