Photonics and thermodynamics concepts in radiative cooling

S Fan, W Li - Nature Photonics, 2022 - nature.com
Radiative cooling is a ubiquitous passive process that uses photon heat flow to carry away
energy and entropy. Radiative cooling processes have been studied in the scientific …

Transforming heat transfer with thermal metamaterials and devices

Y Li, W Li, T Han, X Zheng, J Li, B Li, S Fan… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The demand for sophisticated tools and approaches in heat management and control has
triggered the fast development of fields that include conductive thermal metamaterials …

Tunable smart mid infrared thermal control emitter based on phase change material VO2 thin film

S Liang, F Xu, W Li, W Yang, S Cheng, H Yang… - Applied Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Thermal radiation is one of the three ways of heat transfer, among which the mid-infrared
thermal radiation has attracted much attention. At present, static control of thermal emissivity …

Beyond the visible: bioinspired infrared adaptive materials

J Yang, X Zhang, X Zhang, L Wang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Infrared (IR) adaptation phenomena are ubiquitous in nature and biological systems. Taking
inspiration from natural creatures, researchers have devoted extensive efforts for develo** …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Radiative sky cooling: Fundamental principles, materials, and applications

D Zhao, A Aili, Y Zhai, S Xu, G Tan, X Yin… - Applied Physics …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Radiative sky cooling cools an object on the earth by emitting thermal infrared radiation to
the cold universe through the atmospheric window (8–13 μm). It consumes no electricity and …

Radiative cooling: A review of fundamentals, materials, applications, and prospects

B Zhao, M Hu, X Ao, N Chen, G Pei - Applied energy, 2019 - Elsevier
As a passive, effective, and renewable way of decreasing cooling energy requirements
without power input, radiative cooling has attracted considerable attention in the field of …

Materials in radiative cooling technologies

R Liu, S Wang, Z Zhou, K Zhang, G Wang… - Advanced …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Radiative cooling (RC) is a carbon‐neutral cooling technology that utilizes thermal radiation
to dissipate heat from the Earth's surface to the cold outer space. Research in the field of RC …

Recent advances in thermoregulatory clothing: materials, mechanisms, and perspectives

L Lei, S Shi, D Wang, S Meng, JG Dai, S Fu, J Hu - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Personal thermal management (PTM) is a promising approach for maintaining the thermal
comfort zone of the human body while minimizing the energy consumption of indoor …

A polydimethylsiloxane-coated metal structure for all-day radiative cooling

L Zhou, H Song, J Liang, M Singer, M Zhou… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Radiative cooling is a passive cooling strategy with zero consumption of electricity that can
be used to radiate heat from buildings to reduce air-conditioning requirements. Although this …