Flexible, portable and heatable non-woven fabric with directional moisture transport functions and ultra-fast evaporation

Abstract

Functional non-woven fabric with directional moisture transport and ultra-fast evaporation properties is demonstrated.

Superior Unidirectional Water Transport and Mechanically Stable 3D Orthogonal Woven Fabric for Human Body Moisture and Thermal Management

“…In recent years, great progress has been made in the use of single-layer [13] and multi-layer [14] unidirectional water transport nonwovens fabrics in the field of personal drying and cooling [15] or clothing [16] as well as separation and filtration. [17] This is due to the good flexibility, [18] light weight, and good air permeability [19] of such fabrics. However, nonwoven fabrics often exhibit poor mechanical properties, which limit the scope of their application.…”

Moisture-Wicking and Solar-Heated Coaxial Fibers with a Bark-like Appearance for Fabric Comfort Management

“…Compared with the aforementioned passive evaporation way, a positive evaporation has been mentioned in our previous work. 11 Joule-heating was introduced in the textile for realizing the ultrafast evaporation of moisture on the textile surface. When a voltage of 5 V was applied to the fabric, the resulting fabric reaches a sheet resistance of 1.116 Ω/□, and the increased surface temperature of 76.1 °C was induced by low voltage (5 V) which further exhibits an excellent ultrafast evaporation rate of 3.42 g/h.…”

“…When a voltage of 5 V was applied to the fabric, the resulting fabric reaches a sheet resistance of 1.116 Ω/□, and the increased surface temperature of 76.1 °C was induced by low voltage (5 V) which further exhibits an excellent ultrafast evaporation rate of 3.42 g/h. 11 However, the additional voltage for Joule-heating and the conductive network's susceptibility to damage limit further applications. Therefore, it is essential to design a material with solar-heated properties for raising the moisture evaporation rate in the textile.…”

“…Although these studies exhibit excellent moisture absorption characteristics and evaporation, they all accelerate the evaporation process by roughening the surface and increase the surface area as much as possible. Compared with the aforementioned passive evaporation way, a positive evaporation has been mentioned in our previous work . Joule-heating was introduced in the textile for realizing the ultrafast evaporation of moisture on the textile surface.…”

“…Joule-heating was introduced in the textile for realizing the ultrafast evaporation of moisture on the textile surface. When a voltage of 5 V was applied to the fabric, the resulting fabric reaches a sheet resistance of 1.116 Ω/□, and the increased surface temperature of 76.1 °C was induced by low voltage (5 V) which further exhibits an excellent ultrafast evaporation rate of 3.42 g/h . However, the additional voltage for Joule-heating and the conductive network’s susceptibility to damage limit further applications.…”