Powering the Future Green Buildings: Multifunctional Ultraviolet-Shielding Transparent Wood

作者：Yadong Yang, Xinyi Liu, Caichao Wan, Sulai Liu, Xingong Li, Yuan Zhu, Zhenxu Yang, Liangli Li, Zhe Zhang, Zaiyang Zhou, Yu‐Zhong Xie, Xinpeng Zhao, Huayun Chai, Yiqiang Wu · 发表于：ACS Nano · 年份：2024 · DOI：10.1021/acsnano.4c05151 · 被引用次数：24 · 研究领域：Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research、Building materials and conservation、Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity

Indoor UV damage is a serious problem that is often ignored. Common glasses cannot filter UV rays well and have fragility and environmental issues. UV-shielding transparent wood (TW) holds promise, yet striking the right balance between blocking UV rays and allowing sufficient visible-light transmission poses a challenge. The pronounced capillary force, fueled by persistent moisture and extractives in wood, alongside the existence of multiphase interfaces, collectively hinder the uniform penetration of polymers and the effective dispersion of nanomaterials within the wood skeleton. Here, we incorporate high-pressure supercritical CO 2 fluid-assisted impregnation (HSCFI) into fabricating UV-shielding TW. The supercritical CO 2 pretreatment efficiently eliminates moisture and refines wood structure by extracting polar substances, resulting in a prominent 52.4% increase in average water permeability. Subsequently, this HSCFI method facilitates the infiltration of methyl methacrylate (MMA) monomer and Ce-ZnO nanorods (NRDs) into the refined anhydrous wood, leveraging the excellent solvency of supercritical CO 2 for MMA. The impregnation rate of PMMA undergoes a substantial increase from 34.5 to 59.1%. With the robust UV-blocking capability of Ce-ZnO NRDs, thanks to dual-valence Ce doping widening the ZnO energy gap via the Burstein–Moss effect and their unique photoactive microstructure featuring a solid prism with a sharp hexahedral pyramidal tip, along with intrinsic physical s...