Advanced evaporative cooling materials: From designs to applications

IF 40 1区材料科学 Q1 MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Progress in Materials Science Pub Date : 2025-05-06 DOI:10.1016/j.pmatsci.2025.101504

Kaisong Huang, Hanyue Lan, Shuangqing Li, Renjie Tan, Yifan Si, Leqi Lei, Kaiwen Wang, Xiaoyun Xu, Wenjie Fang, Xinshuo Liang, Wen Jung Li, Jinlian Hu

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Abstract

Passive evaporative cooling materials harness perspiration or ambient humidity to dissipate surface heat through vaporization. This review systematically examines advanced evaporative cooling materials for applications in textiles, food preservation, buildings, photovoltaic (PV) panels, batteries, flexible electronics, thermoelectric generators (TEGs), etc. It discusses fundamental mechanisms, structural designs, cooling power calculations, and wettability/hygroscopicity modulation strategies. Furthermore, the integration of extended functionalities, including humidity/thermal responsiveness, radiative cooling, heat conduction, and thermal insulation for performance optimization, is analyzed. While progress has been achieved, industrial applications face challenges in scalability, durability, and cost efficiency. Practical solutions involve optimizing material formulations, improving durability through protective strategies, developing scalable manufacturing methods, and long-term standardized testing. Addressing these challenges could accelerate technology widespread adoption, advancing thermal comfort, energy conservation, sustainable development, and transformation in thermal management systems.

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Progress in Materials Science 工程技术-材料科学：综合

CiteScore

59.60

自引率

0.80%

发文量

101

审稿时长

11.4 months

期刊介绍： Progress in Materials Science is a journal that publishes authoritative and critical reviews of recent advances in the science of materials. The focus of the journal is on the fundamental aspects of materials science, particularly those concerning microstructure and nanostructure and their relationship to properties. Emphasis is also placed on the thermodynamics, kinetics, mechanisms, and modeling of processes within materials, as well as the understanding of material properties in engineering and other applications. The journal welcomes reviews from authors who are active leaders in the field of materials science and have a strong scientific track record. Materials of interest include metallic, ceramic, polymeric, biological, medical, and composite materials in all forms. Manuscripts submitted to Progress in Materials Science are generally longer than those found in other research journals. While the focus is on invited reviews, interested authors may submit a proposal for consideration. Non-invited manuscripts are required to be preceded by the submission of a proposal. Authors publishing in Progress in Materials Science have the option to publish their research via subscription or open access. Open access publication requires the author or research funder to meet a publication fee (APC). Abstracting and indexing services for Progress in Materials Science include Current Contents, Science Citation Index Expanded, Materials Science Citation Index, Chemical Abstracts, Engineering Index, INSPEC, and Scopus.