Silica aerogel-poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate) composite for transparent heat retention films
Silica aerogel-poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate) composite for transparent heat retention films
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10.1002/polb.23509
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2014-07
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J. M. Allan;Abdul Mumin;J. A. Wood;William Z. Xu;Wei Wu;P. Charpentier
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J. M. Allan;Abdul Mumin;J. A. Wood;William Z. Xu;Wei Wu;P. Charpentier
Poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate) (EVA) plastic films are widely used for solar coverings including photovoltaic modules and commercial greenhouse films, but are poor at controlling heat flow. In this work, silica aerogel (SA) nanogels were examined for preparing transparent heat retention EVA films that block far infrared spectra radiation to maintain heat, without compromising the optical performance of the films. SA nanogels were melt-mixed using a mini twin-screw extruder with EVA pellets to form SA/EVA composite, which were pressed into thin films with controlled thickness. The composite films were characterized in terms of optical proper- ties using a variety of analytical methods including FTIR, UV- Vis spectroscopy, electron, confocal, and atomic force micros- copy. Both thermicity and thermal conductivity of commercial and experimental SA/EVA films were measured. The results demonstrated that the SA/EVA films gave improved infrared retention compared to commercial thermal plastic films with- out compromising visible light transmission, showing the potential for this approach in next generation heat retention films. V C 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2014, 52, 927-935