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 …

Emerging materials and engineering strategies for performance advance of radiative sky cooling technology

J Liu, Y Zhang, S Li, C Valenzuela, S Shi… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the growing global warming and climate change, the demand for clean cooling
technologies has witnessed a sharp increase. Radiative sky cooling (RSC) can dissipate …

Modelling and performance evaluation of a novel passive thermoelectric system based on radiative cooling and solar heating for 24-hour power-generation

CH Wang, H Chen, ZY Jiang, XX Zhang, FQ Wang - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Harvesting energy from the sun and ultracold outer space for electricity generation is green
access to green energy and helps reduce carbon dioxide emissions. However, current work …

An Emerging Energy Technology: Self‐Uninterrupted Electricity Power Harvesting from the Sun and Cold Space

S Zhang, Z Wu, Z Liu, Z Hu - Advanced Energy Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Harvesting sustainable energy from the sun and cold space to uninterruptedly generate
green electricity provides a potential alternative way to solve the unfolding energy crisis and …

Multi-bioinspired flexible thermal emitters for all-day radiative cooling and wearable self-powered thermoelectric generation

S Zhang, Z Liu, W Zhang, B Zhao, Z Wu, E Mu, H Lin… - Nano Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Passive radiative cooling technology provides an energy-efficient solution to reduce cooling
costs and alleviate greenhouse gas emissions. However, a significant challenge lies in …

Scalable self-adaptive radiative cooling film through VO2-based switchable core–shell particles

J Huang, X Zhang, X Yu, GH Tang, X Wang, M Du - Renewable Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The development of highly efficient passive cooling technology has garnered significant
attention. However, there is a mismatch between the cooling power of radiative cooling …

Boosting self-powered wearable thermoelectric generator with solar absorber and radiative cooler

S Zhang, Z Liu, Z Wu, Z Yao, W Zhang, Y Zhang… - Nano Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The electrical output of wearable thermoelectric generators (wTEGs) has traditionally been
constrained by small temperature differentials when powering microelectronics. In this study …

Power generation on chips: Harvesting energy from the sun and cold space

S Zhang, Z Wu, Z Liu, E Mu, Y Liu, Y Lv… - Advanced Materials …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental energy source is abundant, inexhaustible, ubiquitous, and free. However,
harvesting thermal energy from the environment to generate uninterrupted electricity is still …

Climate-dependent optimization of radiative cooling structures for year-round cold energy harvesting

J Seo, M Choi, S Yoon, BJ Lee - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The potential of radiative cooling (RC) technology to passively and sustainably harvest cold
energy has received a lot of interest. Since RC surface is installed outdoors for the long term …

Electrospinning-assisted radiative cooling composite films

H Jeon, JH Na, YS Kim, SK Park, Y Yoo - Solar Energy Materials and Solar …, 2023 - Elsevier
The rapid increase in annual cooling energy demand has a significant adverse impact on
global warming. Recent research on passive radiative cooling using various materials to …