Fig. 4: Thermal analysis to determine the metafabric heating performance. | Nature Communications

Fig. 4: Thermal analysis to determine the metafabric heating performance.

From: Ultrathin aerogel-structured micro/nanofiber metafabric via dual air-gelation synthesis for self-sustainable heating

Fig. 4

a–b Comparison of thermal insulation performance and thickness for the different thermal management materials and the metafabric under no light conditions. c Thermal resistance under different lighting conditions. d Photo of the thermal measurement system used to characterize the radiative heating performance. Scale bars, 5 cm. e Temperature difference of skin simulators under different fabric samples in same location. f Comparison of solar energy absorption between the metafabric and traditional heating textile. g FIR emissivity and temperature rise of different heating materials. h Optical and infrared images of the hot plate before and after covering different materials. CB carbon black, EFM electrospun fibrous membranes, AFM aerogel fibrous membranes, TU thermal underwear, H-TU heating thermal underwear, TR thermal resistance, MIR mid-infrared. Error bars in (b, c, g) represent the standard deviations of three replicates. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.

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