PMID- 36257136 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20221114 IS - 1095-7103 (Electronic) IS - 0021-9797 (Linking) VI - 630 IP - Pt A DP - 2023 Jan 15 TI - Construction of Ti(3)C(2) MXene based fire resistance nanocoating on flexible polyurethane foam for highly efficient photothermal conversion and solar water desalination. PG - 343-354 LID - S0021-9797(22)01754-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.10.009 [doi] AB - In this work, a bilayer nanocoating was constructed on the surface of flexible polyurethane (FPU) foam with Ti(3)C(2) MXene and polyethyleneimine-modified silica nanoparticles (mSiO(2)-NP@PEI) through layer-by-layer self-assembly technology, successfully obtaining modified flexible polyurethane composites (MFPU) with excellent flame retardancy, photothermal conversion and solar water desalination properties. The structure and morphology of MFPU foams were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Transmission electron microscope (TEM) and Scanning electron microscope (SEM). The MFPU with three coating cycles (MFPU3) had the best flame retardancy and smoke suppression performances, mainly in terms of decreased peak heat release rate (pHRR), peak smoke production rate (pSPR) and total smoke production (TSP) by 71.3 %, 62.1 % and 74.5 %, respectively, compared to those of neat FPU. In addition, MFPU foams exhibited extraordinary light-to-heat conversion and solar water desalination capabilities. MFPU3 could reach 120 degrees C in 138 s and its steam conversion efficiency eta was as high as 89.6 %, which was 116.0 % higher than that of unmodified foam and had a 262.8 % increase over pure water. The flame retardant MFPU foams with excellent photothermal conversion efficiency will exhibit great application potential in solar water desalination and power generation. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Zhou, Keqing AU - Zhou K AD - Faculty of Engineering, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan, Hubei 430074, PR China. FAU - Gong, Kaili AU - Gong K AD - Faculty of Engineering, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan, Hubei 430074, PR China. FAU - Wang, Chenchao AU - Wang C AD - Faculty of Engineering, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan, Hubei 430074, PR China. FAU - Zhou, Mengqing AU - Zhou M AD - Faculty of Engineering, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan, Hubei 430074, PR China. FAU - Xiao, Jun AU - Xiao J AD - College of Marine Science and Technology, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan, Hubei 430074, PR China. Electronic address: xj0930@cug.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20221006 PL - United States TA - J Colloid Interface Sci JT - Journal of colloid and interface science JID - 0043125 SB - IM OTO - NOTNLM OT - Flame retardancy OT - MXene OT - Nanocoating OT - Photothermal conversion OT - Solar water desalination COIS- Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2022/10/19 06:00 MHDA- 2022/10/19 06:01 CRDT- 2022/10/18 18:19 PHST- 2022/08/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/09/28 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/10/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/10/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/10/19 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/10/18 18:19 [entrez] AID - S0021-9797(22)01754-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.10.009 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Colloid Interface Sci. 2023 Jan 15;630(Pt A):343-354. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.10.009. Epub 2022 Oct 6.