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Transparent heat insulation coatings with high selective shielding ability designed with novel superstructures of copper sulfide nanoplates

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In the present work, novel CuS superstructures composed of intersectional CuS nanoplates (CuS i-nanoplates) and snowflake-like CuS nanoplates (CuS s-nanoplates) were successfully synthesized at a low temperature (80 °C) by a simple chemical precipitation method. It has been found that the as-synthesized CuS superstructures were formed by the growth of CuS i-nanoplates along the direction perpendicular to the basal nanoplate with a thickness of 29.64 ± 3.16 nm and CuS s-nanoplates were prepared with the snowflake-like morphology with a thickness of 16.82 ± 3.62 nm. Subsequently, a new transparent heat insulation coating with CuS superstructures composed of CuS i-nanoplates as NIR shielding agent (coded as H–X coating) was prepared by mixing with acrylic-amino-alkyd baking varnish and coating to ordinary glass substrates. Simultaneously, another transparent heat insulation coating with s-nanoplates (coded as S–X coating) was also synthesized. Optical properties of those coatings were studied as a function of the CuS content by using ultraviolet–visible–near-infrared spectrophotometer. And the H–X coatings were shown to have a higher selective shielding ability for solar light than S–X coatings since the shielding ability of S–X coatings in the region of 1180–2500 nm rapidly weakened with increasing wavelength. The comparative study on the properties of nanomaterials with different morphologies in this paper may provide some new guidance for material design to improve its performance. Moreover, the CuS superstructure-based transparent heat insulation coatings with excellent NIR shielding property have a potential application in energy-saving windows for architectures and vehicles.

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We are grateful to the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2016YFA0602900), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21772045, 21572069), the Fund from the Guangzhou Science and Technology Project, China (201607010265).

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    Lei Han & Derong Cao

  2. Zhaoqing Rivers High-Tech Materials Co., Ltd., Zhaoqing, 526238, China

    Huining Li & Fang Yao

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Han, L., Li, H., Yao, F. et al. Transparent heat insulation coatings with high selective shielding ability designed with novel superstructures of copper sulfide nanoplates. J Mater Sci 54, 302–312 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-018-2861-8

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