Issue 9, 2011
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Energy & Environmental Science

Highly reflective superhydrophobic white coating inspired by poplar leaf hairs toward an effective “cool roof”†

Changqing Ye,ab   Mingzhu Li,*a   Junping Hu,a   Qunfeng Cheng,a   Lei Jianga  and  Yanlin Song*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Laboratory of New Materials, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China
E-mail: ylsong@iccas.ac.cn, mingzhu@iccas.ac.cn
Fax: (+86) 10- 6252 9284

b Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, P. R. China

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”.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0EE00686F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
19 Nov 2010
Accepted
21 Feb 2011
First published
18 Mar 2011

Energy Environ. Sci., 2011,4, 3364-3367

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

C. Ye, M. Li, J. Hu, Q. Cheng, L. Jiang and Y. Song, Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, 4, 3364 DOI: 10.1039/C0EE00686F

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