Journal
COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING
Volume 232, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2022.109618
Keywords
Synergetic flame retardancy; MXene; Weft-kitted fabric; EMI shielding; Wearable heater
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [52003131]
- Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province [ZR2019BEM026]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2020M671997]
- Major Scientific and Technological Innovation Program of Shandong [2019JZZY010340]
- State Key Laboratory of BioFibers and Eco-Textiles (Qingdao University) [GZRC202016]
- Youth Innovation Science and Technology Plan of Shandong Province [2020KJA013]
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Flexible wearable heaters with high safety and multifunctionality have gained increasing attention in energy-saving, personal thermal requirements, and healthcare management. By mixing biodegradable alginate fibers and flame retardant viscose fibers and coating them with highly conductive MXene nanosheets, the weft-knitted fabrics exhibit excellent flame retardancy, electrical performance, and electromagnetic interference shielding efficiency. The integrated fabrics also provide ideal heating performance under low voltage and sunlight/far-infrared heating. The superior properties are attributed to the high-temperature induced char layer, interconnected MXene network, and multiple scattering of light or wave.
Flexible wearable heaters have received increasing attention in energy-saving, diverse personal thermal requirements, and healthcare management. Herein, considering the fire safety application of wearable heaters, the biodegradable alginate fibers and flame retardant (FR) viscose fibers are attempted to mix and weft-knit into the fabric, which interestingly exhibits synergetic flame retardancy with low afterflame time, afterglow time, and peak heat release rate. Further, assisted by the highly conductive Ti3C2Tx (MXene) nanosheets on the surface of the fabric and the periodic nested loops of the knitted fabric, the integrated fabrics possess excellent electrical performance (2 omega sq 1) with the MXene content of 9.13 wt%, electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding efficiency of 55 dB in the X band, preferable Joule heating performance under safe low voltage (123 degrees C at 3.5 V) and sunlight/far-infrared heating performance. The superior flame retardancy and multifunctional properties arose from the high-temperature induced well-constructed char layer, unique functionality of interconnected MXene network and multiple scattering of light or wave. Combined with the superior flame retardancy and multifunctional properties, the weft-knitted alginate/FR viscose fabrics with MXene coating become the ideal candidate materials in the fields of wearable heaters with high safety.
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