Chen Dai-Chi, Hwang Ching-Wen, Chang Ching Yin, Kuo Chia-Ling, Chen Hsuen-Li, Lan Pin-Hui, Tsai Meng-Ting, Wang Tzu-Wei, Wan Dehui
Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300044, Taiwan.
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106319, Taiwan.
ACS Nano. 2025 Aug 12;19(31):28280-28294. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.5c05958. Epub 2025 Jul 31.
Passive daytime radiative cooling can mitigate global warming but requires durable and resilient materials for real-world applications. Here, a robust superhydrophobic ZrO-AlO nanofiber (sh-ZANF) membrane is fabricated via electrospinning followed by fluorine-free surface modification. Optically engineered sh-ZANF attains an extremely high solar reflectivity of 97.7% due to strong scattering at numerous fiber/air interfaces with a high refractive index contrast ( = 2.04, = 1). sh-ZANF also possesses a high atmospheric transparency window emissivity of 95.6% originating from phonon-polariton resonances of abundant Al-O/Zr-O bonds without a strong Reststrahlen effect. The optimal sh-ZANF membrane demonstrates subambient cooling of 6.6 °C and a maximum cooling power of 125 W/m under 817 W/m solar irradiance. Coverage by sh-ZANF cools building models, automobile models, and hand-held cameras under sunlight by 14.7 °C, 16.8 °C, and 11.1 °C, respectively. Equipping buildings with sh-ZANF is estimated to save more than 10 MJ/m annually and reduce CO emission by up to 27%. Moreover, these all-ceramic nanofibers can withstand temperatures exceeding 1400 °C, safeguarding buildings and their occupants during fire emergencies. Our sh-ZANF also displays attractive self-cleaning properties and successfully passes accelerated environmental aging tests, suggesting its applicability for future energy-efficient and sustainable cooling strategies.
被动日间辐射冷却可缓解全球变暖,但实际应用需要耐用且有韧性的材料。在此,通过静电纺丝然后进行无氟表面改性制备了一种坚固的超疏水ZrO-AlO纳米纤维(sh-ZANF)膜。经过光学设计的sh-ZANF由于在众多具有高折射率对比度( = 2.04, = 1)的纤维/空气界面处的强散射,实现了97.7%的极高太阳反射率。sh-ZANF还具有95.6%的高大气透明窗口发射率,这源于大量Al-O/Zr-O键的声子-极化激元共振,且没有强烈的Reststrahlen效应。最佳的sh-ZANF膜在817 W/m²的太阳辐照下表现出6.6 °C的亚环境冷却和125 W/m²的最大冷却功率。在阳光下,sh-ZANF覆盖的建筑模型、汽车模型和手持相机分别降温14.7 °C、16.8 °C和11.1 °C。估计用sh-ZANF装备建筑物每年可节省超过10 MJ/m²的能源,并将二氧化碳排放量减少多达27%。此外,这些全陶瓷纳米纤维能够承受超过1400 °C的温度,在火灾紧急情况下保护建筑物及其 occupants。我们的sh-ZANF还具有吸引人的自清洁特性,并成功通过加速环境老化测试,表明其适用于未来的节能和可持续冷却策略。 (注:原文中“occupants”未翻译完整,推测可能是想表达“居住者”等类似意思,这里按原文保留了该词)