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Highly reflective superhydrophobic white coating inspired by poplar leaf hairs toward an effective "cool roof"

  • Changqing Ye
  • , Mingzhu Li*
  • , Junping Hu
  • , Qunfeng Cheng
  • , Lei Jiang
  • , Yanlin Song
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • CAS - Institute of Chemistry
  • University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Abstract

The hair layer consisting of hollow fibers provides the poplar leaf with an energy efficient "cool roof" to protect it from being burned by strong light. Inspired by the hair structure, we use coaxial electro-spinning technology to achieve a highly reflective and superhydrophobic white coating towards making an eco-friendly and effective "cool roof".

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3364-3367
Number of pages4
JournalEnergy and Environmental Science
Volume4
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2011
Externally publishedYes

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
  2. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action

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