Bi Xu

ORCID: 0000-0003-0137-2706
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Research Areas
  • Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods
  • Aerogels and thermal insulation
  • Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems
  • Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies
  • Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
  • Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Aerosol Filtration and Electrostatic Precipitation
  • Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization
  • Industrial Technology and Control Systems
  • Geomechanics and Mining Engineering
  • Bone Metabolism and Diseases
  • Silicone and Siloxane Chemistry
  • Photopolymerization techniques and applications
  • Concrete and Cement Materials Research
  • Metallurgy and Material Forming
  • Smart Materials for Construction
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • Smart Grid and Power Systems
  • Civil and Geotechnical Engineering Research
  • Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
  • Textile materials and evaluations
  • Bauxite Residue and Utilization

Donghua University
2011-2024

Yantai Nanshan University
2022

Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology
2022

Institute of New Materials
2020-2021

Tsinghua University
2015-2017

State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control
2015-2017

Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
2016

Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Department
2015

Huazhong University of Science and Technology
2015

Hunan University
2014

Fresh water scarcity has become a global challenge owing to the limited fresh resource and increasing pollution. Solar-driven evaporation with interfacial heat localization is promising technology mitigate scarcity. Here, we propose bifunctional cotton fabric both photothermal photocatalytic properties by in situ polymerization of pyrrole (Py) on subsequent deposition titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles. The morphology polypyrrole (PPy) can be adjusted, fibrous PPy high hydrophilicity...

10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b02094 article EN ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2018-06-14

Abstract Passive daytime radiative cooling (PDRC) has attracted intensive attention due to its great potential in reduced energy consumption. However, the practical application for PDRC is greatly affected by geographical location and intrinsic power. Herein, a composite flexible fabric with synergistic effect of evaporative reported. A porous polymer coating both high solar reflectivity (90%) infrared thermal emissivity (83%) fabricated on top side fabric, which can achieve effective...

10.1002/admt.202100803 article EN Advanced Materials Technologies 2021-10-16

An all-day operating solar evaporator is developed with the photothermal effect in combination Joule-heating effect.

10.1039/d0ta08329a article EN Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2020-01-01

Abstract Developing textiles with passive thermal management is an effective strategy to maintain the human body healthy as well decrease energy consumption. Personal (PTM) engineered constituent element and fabric structure have been developed, however comfortability robustness of these remains a challenge due complexity thermal‐moisture management. Here metafabric asymmetrical stitching treble weave based on woven design yarn functionalization in which radiation regulation moisture‐wicking...

10.1002/smll.202300297 article EN Small 2023-04-07

10.1007/s10854-018-8950-2 article EN Journal of Materials Science Materials in Electronics 2018-03-21

Abstract Fog harvesting is a sustainable approach to dealing with the global freshwater crisis. A range of strategies in microstructure design and wettability remodeling for fog management are clearly explained. However, influence thermodynamic endothermic exothermic processes on rarely explored. Here, thermodynamically induced interfacial condensation‐enhanced fog‐harvesting fabric (AWF‐6) developed that also incorporates asymmetric geometry surface chemistry. By coupling high thermal...

10.1002/smll.202304037 article EN Small 2023-07-19

Abstract Surfaces with macro‐scale hydrophilic/hydrophobic regions (conventional Janus mode) are often considered as prime candidates for fog harvesting. However, the water collection efficiency of such surfaces frequently fails to meet requirements practical applications due occurrence surface flooding caused by droplet pinning. Here, an in situ molecular confined modification strategy is proposed construct upgraded mode achieving nanoscale drag reduction effect, thereby improving...

10.1002/adfm.202411083 article EN Advanced Functional Materials 2024-08-06

The ability of a superhydrophobic fabric to stay dry and clean has aroused great interest in daily life. Especially, the development an eco-friendly non-fluorinated water-repellent textile become hot topic recent years. We present green strategy achieve self-cleaning by situ deposition zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles on cotton with subsequent polydimethylsiloxane modification. prepared exhibits superior water repellency contact angle 157°. Meanwhile, this surface can easily be ruined oil...

10.1021/acsami.3c07352 article EN ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2023-08-08

Abstract Passive daytime radiative cooling (PDRC) has attracted great attention recently due to its high potential for reducing global energy consumption. However, PDRC materials are easily contaminated in practical applications, which will seriously attenuate their long‐term performance. In this work, a multilayered fabric that is composed of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), and cotton shown. This displays solar reflectivity (0.94) an appropriate atmospheric...

10.1002/mame.202100795 article EN Macromolecular Materials and Engineering 2021-12-27

Abstract Solar‐driven vapor generation is a promising method to mitigate freshwater shortage and water contamination. However, most of the current highly efficient solar evaporators suffer from low robustness, tedious preparation procedures, high cost. In this study, an easy‐to‐manufacture, low‐cost, high‐reliability solar‐driven evaporator designed using black cotton towel with hollow conical shape. The reactive dye molecules diffuse into form strong covalent bonds fiber after dyeing, which...

10.1002/gch2.201900004 article EN cc-by Global Challenges 2019-05-22

An efficient, low-cost, and easy-to-fabricate solar steam generator is needed to mitigate clean water scarcity in less-resourced areas. A balanced supply demand (WSD) the photothermal conversion layer (PCL) plays a key role improved heat management evaporation rate. Here, we designed of integrated multi-layered fabric (IMLF) which WSD can be tuned by varying degree polypyrrole (PPy) coating. The hydrophilic viscose yarn deposited with PPy exploited as surface, hydrophobic hollow polyester...

10.1021/acsestwater.2c00064 article EN ACS ES&T Water 2022-04-04
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