Photonic structures in radiative cooling

M Lee, G Kim, Y Jung, KR Pyun, J Lee… - Light: Science & …, 2023 - nature.com
Radiative cooling is a passive cooling technology without any energy consumption,
compared to conventional cooling technologies that require power sources and dump waste …

Terrestrial radiative cooling: Using the cold universe as a renewable and sustainable energy source

X Yin, R Yang, G Tan, S Fan - Science, 2020 - science.org
Photonic materials designed at wavelength scales have enabled a range of emerging
energy technologies, from solid-state lighting to efficient photovoltaics that have transformed …

Hierarchical-morphology metafabric for scalable passive daytime radiative cooling

S Zeng, S Pian, M Su, Z Wang, M Wu, X Liu, M Chen… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Incorporating passive radiative cooling structures into personal thermal management
technologies could effectively defend humans against intensifying global climate change …

Subambient daytime radiative cooling textile based on nanoprocessed silk

B Zhu, W Li, Q Zhang, D Li, X Liu, Y Wang, N Xu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Decreasing energy consumption is critical to sustainable development. Because
temperature regulation for human comfort consumes vast amounts of energy, substantial …

Integration of daytime radiative cooling and solar heating for year-round energy saving in buildings

X Li, B Sun, C Sui, A Nandi, H Fang, Y Peng… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The heating and cooling energy consumption of buildings accounts for about 15% of
national total energy consumption in the United States. In response to this challenge, many …

Colored and paintable bilayer coatings with high solar-infrared reflectance for efficient cooling

Y Chen, J Mandal, W Li, A Smith-Washington… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Solar reflective and thermally emissive surfaces offer a sustainable way to cool objects
under sunlight. However, white or silvery reflectance of these surfaces does not satisfy the …

Emerging materials and strategies for passive daytime radiative cooling

W Gao, Y Chen - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In recent decades, the growing demands for energy saving and accompanying heat
mitigation concerns, together with the vital goal for carbon neutrality, have drawn human …

Photonic-structure colored radiative coolers for daytime subambient cooling

S Yu, Q Zhang, Y Wang, Y Lv, R Ma - Nano Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Daytime subambient radiative cooling provides a powerful strategy for realizing sustainable
thermal management without any external energy consumption. However, in practical …

Passive daytime radiative cooling: Fundamentals, material designs, and applications

M Chen, D Pang, X Chen, H Yan, Y Yang - EcoMat, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Passive daytime radiative cooling (PDRC) dissipates terrestrial heat to the extremely cold
outer space without using any energy input or producing pollution. It has the potential to …

Ultra-wideband transparent conductive electrode for electrochromic synergistic solar and radiative heat management

Y Rao, J Dai, C Sui, YT Lai, Z Li, H Fang, X Li… - ACS Energy …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Electrochromic devices are a key technology to modulate optical and thermal energy for
zero-energy buildings. With the sun as the heat source and deep space as the cold source, it …