Table 2 Comparison of performance of heating fabrics. Dash indicates that data was not provided.

From: Rapid Pulsed Light Sintering of Silver Nanowires on Woven Polyester for personal thermal management with enhanced performance, durability and cost-effectiveness

Nanomaterial & Fabric

Patch Size [cm2]

Resistance [ohm/sq]

Thermal Power [kW/cm2]

Nanowire Mass [mg/cm2]

ΔT [°C]

A(ΔT/V) [cm2°C/V]

Ref.

CNT, Cotton

4

5000

0.04

20

4

13

CNT, Cotton

6.5

2.9

34

14.3

7

Ag nanowire, Cotton

6.5

0.6

31

169

7

Ag nanowire, Nylon

6.3

1

0.36

35

145

32

Ag nanowire, Cotton

4

7.13

0.04

33

132

44

This Work

9

0.46

0.24

0.33

32

288