INNOVATIVE WOOD FOR BUILDING EFFICIENCY WITH SUSTAINABILITY
Modified wood materials can be used for improved building efficiency with advanced light and thermal management capability. We have developed transparent wood with guided sunlight passage and improved thermal insulation, which could greatly improve the thermal management for buildings in the summer and winter toward energy saving.
Recent Papers:
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Zhu, M.; Song, J.; Li, T.; Gong, A.; Wang, Y.; Dai, J.; Yao, Y.; Luo, W.; Henderson, D.; Hu, L.* Highly Anisotropic, Highly Transparent Wood Composites. Adv. Mater. 2016, 28, 5181–5187.
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Li, T.; Zhu, M.; Yang, Z.; Song, J.; Dai, J.; Yao, Y.; Luo, W.; Pastel, G.; Yang, B.; Hu, L.* Wood Composite as an Energy Efficient Building Material: Guided Sunlight Transmittance and Effective Thermal Insulation. Adv. Energy Mater. 2016, 1601122.