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 …

Review of radiative cooling materials: Performance evaluation and design approaches

X Yu, J Chan, C Chen - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
As the planet warms, kee** cool without releasing greenhouse gases will be a challenge,
but radiative cooling technology is poised to meet this goal. Hundreds of radiative cooling …

Hygroscopic salt-embedded composite materials for sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting

H Shan, P Poredoš, Z Chen, X Yang, Z Ye… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting has the potential to address water scarcity by
extracting fresh water from the air. The performance of this technology largely depends on …

Exploiting radiative cooling for uninterrupted 24-hour water harvesting from the atmosphere

I Haechler, H Park, G Schnoering, T Gulich… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Atmospheric water vapor is ubiquitous and represents a promising alternative to address
global clean water scarcity. Sustainably harvesting this resource requires energy neutrality …

Night-time radiative warming using the atmosphere

Y Zhu, Y Zhou, B Qin, R Qin, M Qiu, Q Li - Light: Science & Applications, 2023 - nature.com
Night-time warming is vital for human production and daily life. Conventional methods like
active heaters are energy-intensive, while passive insulating films possess restrictions …

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 …

Thermodynamic limits of atmospheric water harvesting

AK Rao, AJ Fix, YC Yang, DM Warsinger - Energy & Environmental …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Atmospheric water harvesting (AWH) is a rapidly emerging approach for decentralized water
production, but current technology is limited by trade-offs between energy consumption and …

Tailoring interfaces for atmospheric water harvesting: fundamentals and applications

S Gao, Y Wang, C Zhang, M Jiang, S Wang, Z Wang - Matter, 2023 - cell.com
Water is the cradle of life, but the scarcity of freshwater imposed by the ever-increasing
population and pollution threatens human survival. Harvesting fresh water from the …

Atmospheric water harvesting: A review of techniques, performance, renewable energy solutions, and feasibility

B Tashtoush, A Alshoubaki - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Water scarcity is a major global challenge, with 2.3 billion people living in water-stressed
countries and the potential for 700 million people to be displaced by 2030 due to …

Advances in atmospheric water generation technologies

G Raveesh, R Goyal, SK Tyagi - Energy Conversion and Management, 2021 - Elsevier
The availability of freshwater is persistently changing, and the current trends indicate that it
is declining very rapidly, both quantitatively and qualitatively around the globe. Therefore …