Zhicai Yu

Dr. Zhicai Yu

College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan 430200, China

Research Focus & Metrics

Academic Career Length

12Years (2015-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

Representative Publications

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27 January 2022 in ACS Nano
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Hualing HeHualing He
Hualing He
JLJinru Liu
Jinru Liu
YWYushu Wang
Yushu Wang
YZYuhang Zhao
Yuhang Zhao
YQYi Qin
Yi Qin
Jinfeng WangJinfeng Wang
Jinfeng Wang

1 February 2023 in Chemical Engineering Journal
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HHHualing He
Hualing He
YQYi Qin
Yi Qin
JLJinru Liu
Jinru Liu
YWYushu Wang
Yushu Wang
Jinfeng WangJinfeng Wang
Jinfeng Wang
Zhicai YuZhicai Yu
Zhicai Yu

13 October 2023 in Nano-Micro Letters
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HHHualing He
Hualing He
YQYi Qin
Yi Qin
ZZZhenyu Zhu
Zhenyu Zhu
QJQing Jiang
Qing Jiang
SOShengnan Ouyang
Shengnan Ouyang
Zhicai YuZhicai Yu
Zhicai Yu
Firefighting protective clothing is a crucial protective equipment for firefighters to minimize skin burn and ensure safety firefighting operation and rescue mission. A recent increasing concern is to develop self-powered fire warning materials that can be incorporated into the firefighting clothing to achieve active fire protection for firefighters before the protective clothing catches fire on fireground. However, it is still a challenge to facilely design and manufacture thermoelectric (TE) textile (TET)-based fire warning electronics with dynamic surface conformability and breathability. Here, we develop an alternate coaxial wet-spinning strategy to continuously produce alternating p/n-type TE aerogel fibers involving n-type Ti3C2Tx MXene and p-type MXene/SWCNT-COOH as core materials, and tough aramid nanofiber as protective shell, which simultaneously ensure the flexibility and high-efficiency TE power generation. With such alternating p/n-type TE fibers, TET-based self-powered fire warning sensors with high mechanical stability and wearability are successfully fabricated through stitching the alternating p–n segment TE fibers into aramid fabric. The results indicate that TET-based fire warning electronics containing 50 p–n pairs produce the open-circuit voltage of 7.5 mV with a power density of 119.79 nW cm−2 at a temperature difference of 300 °C. The output voltage signal is then calculated as corresponding surface temperature of firefighting clothing based on a linear relationship between TE voltage and temperature. The fire alarm response time and flame-retardant properties are further displayed. Such self-powered fire warning electronics are true textiles that offer breathability and compatibility with body movement, demonstrating their potential application in firefighting clothing.

10 November 2023 in Chemical Engineering Journal
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Zhicai YuZhicai Yu
Zhicai Yu
YWYuhang Wan
Yuhang Wan
YQYi Qin
Yi Qin
QJQing Jiang
Qing Jiang
JGJin-Ping Guan
Jin-Ping Guan
Hualing HeHualing He
Hualing He

24 April 2024 in Advanced Fiber Materials
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QJQing Jiang
Qing Jiang
YWYuhang Wan
Yuhang Wan
YQYi Qin
Yi Qin
XQXueru Qu
Xueru Qu
MZMi Zhou
Mi Zhou
Hualing HeHualing He
Hualing He

1 October 2021 in Carbohydrate Polymers
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HHHualing He
Hualing He
YWYushu Wang
Yushu Wang
Zhicai YuZhicai Yu
Zhicai Yu
JLJinru Liu
Jinru Liu
YZYuhang Zhao
Yuhang Zhao
YKYushi Ke
Yushi Ke