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EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 309, 2024
EOS Annual Meeting (EOSAM 2024)
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Article Number | 13009 | |
Number of page(s) | 2 | |
Section | Focused Sessions (FS) 3- Passive Radiative Cooling | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202430913009 | |
Published online | 31 October 2024 |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202430913009
Solvent role for the electrospinning of PVDF-HFP nanofibrous coatings for passive radiative cooling applications
1 Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Torino, Italy
2 Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica, 10135 Torino, Italy
* Corresponding author: jessica.talamo@polito.it
Published online: 31 October 2024
Due to the increasing demand of cooling systems, new techniques to produce materials with specific optical properties are being developed for innovative applications such as passive daytime radiative cooling (PDRC). In recent years, electrospun polymeric coatings have been proposed as one of the most promising and scalable techniques for PDRC, due to the high solar reflectivity induced by their nanofibrous structure. Specifically, electrospun poly (vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) (PVDF-HFP) exhibit negligible absorption in the solar wavelength range, and a selective emissivity in the atmospheric transparency range provided by its C-F bonds. However, the production of these coatings by electrospinning involves the use of toxic or hazardous solvents. In this study, we explore the substitution of traditional solvents with a non-toxic one, i.e., dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), to produce PVDF-HFP electrospun coatings. Through an easy one-step electrospinning process, 35 μm-thick coatings composed of well-defined, cylindrical, uniform, and continuous fibers are obtained with comparable properties to those obtained using traditional solvents.
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