Biobased Boston Ivy‐Inspired Cryogel Integrating Radiative Cooling and Phase Change Energy Storage for Adaptive Thermal Regulation
Sining Huang, Zhiguo Li, Yang Liu, Chengyu Wang, Yi Lu, Erlantz Lizundia, Siqi Huan · 2026
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Description
Sining Huang and co-authors build a plant inspired gel in 2026 that cools by day and holds heat by night. Boston ivy cools buildings by shade and water loss, and the team copied its vine and leaf system.
Channels in the gel mimic vine tendrils and block heat flow across the sheet, while the surface reflects most sunlight and sheds heat well. Leaf like pockets hold phase change material that stores extra solar heat by day. Under sun, the gel sat well below the air temperature around it. At night, the stored heat leaked back out and kept it above the night air, a cycle that needs no power.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Sining Huang, Zhiguo Li, Yang Liu, Chengyu Wang, Yi Lu, Erlantz Lizundia, Siqi Huan |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 48 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |