Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2022, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (3): 643-652.doi: 10.1007/s40242-022-2063-4

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Superlyophilic Interfaces Assisted Thermal Management

LUO Xianfeng1,2, ZHU Zhongpeng3, YOU Jun1, TIAN Ye2,4, and JIANG Lei2,4   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering and Technology of College of Heilongjiang Province, College of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin 150080, P. R. China;
    2. Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, P. R. China;
    3. Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Materials and Interfacial Science, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China;
    4. School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101407, P. R. China
  • Received:2022-02-26 Revised:2022-03-22 Online:2022-06-01 Published:2022-05-26
  • Contact: YOU Jun, ZHU Zhongpeng, JIANG Lei E-mail:youjun@hrbust.edu.cn;zhuzp@buaa.edu.cn;jianglei@iccas.ac.cn
  • Supported by:
    This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.21988102, 22002005) and the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Nos.2019M660397, 2019TQ0014).

Abstract: Thermal management has become a critical issue owing to the increasing need for various devices including heat dissipation and adsorption. Recently, the rapid growth of scientific reports is seen to improve thermal management efficiency by developing materials with high transfer coefficient and surface improvement to enhance heat transfer rate. Inspired by nature, constructing superlyophilic interfaces has been proved to be an effective way for thermal management and applied in industry and daily life. Herein, state-of-the-art developments of superlyophilic interfaces assisted thermal management are reported mainly from four perspectives around boiling, evaporation, radiation, and condensation. In particular, we discussed the unique role of superlyophilic interfaces during the heat transfer process, such as increasing bubble detachment rate, superspreading assisted efficient evaporation, directional liquid transfer in textiles during radiative cooling, and so forth. Finally, challenges of thermal management assisted by superlyophilic interfaces toward future applications are presented.

Key words: Superhydrophilic, Boiling heat transfer, Evaporation, Radiative cooling, Condensation