[Adv. Fiber Mater.] Wet-Spinning Knittable Hygroscopic Organogel Fibers Toward Moisture-Capture-Enabled Multifunctional Devices
作者：Chang Zhang, Peng Xiao* D Zhang, F. Ni, J. Gu, Q. Liu, S.W. Kuo, Tao Chen*
關鍵字：Hygroscopic organogel fibers; knittable and wearable; atmospheric moisture sorption;
論文來源：期刊
具體來源：Adv. Fiber Mater., 2023, inpress
發表時間：2023年
Atmospheric moisture exploitation is emerging as a promising alternative to relieve the shortage of fresh water and energy. Efforts to exploit hygroscopic materials featured flexibility, programmability, and accessibility are crucial to portable and adaptable devices. However, current two-dimensional (2D) or three-dimensional (3D)-based hygroscopic materials are difficult to adapt to diverse irregular surfaces and meet breathability, which severely hinders their wide applications in wearable and programmable devices. Herein, hygroscopic organogel fibers (HOGFs) were designed via a wet-spinning strategy. The achieved fibers were composed of the hydrophilic polymeric network, hygroscopic solvent, and photothermal/antibacterial Ag nanoparticles (AgNPs), enabling hygroscopic capacity, photothermal conversion, and antibacterial. Owing to the good knittable feature, the HOGFs can be readily woven to adjusted 2D textiles to function as an efficient self-sustained solar evaporator of 4-layer woven HOGFs device with a saturated moisture capacity of 1.63 kg·m-2 and water-releasing rate of 1.46 kg·m-2·h-1. Furthermore, the 2D textile can be applied as a wearable dehumidification device to efficiently remove the evaporative moisture from human skin to maintain a comfortable environment. It can reduce the humidity from 90 % to 33.4 % within 12.5 min. In addition, the introduction of AgNPs can also endow the HOGFs with antibacterial features, demonstrating significant potential in personal healthcare.