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 …

Progress in passive daytime radiative cooling: A review from optical mechanism, performance test, and application

Y Dong, X Zhang, L Chen, W Meng, C Wang… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
By exploiting the 3 K coldness of outer space as heat sink of terrestrial thermal radiation,
passive daytime radiative cooling (PDRC) can achieve sub-ambient temperatures without …

“Warm in Winter and Cool in Summer”: scalable biochameleon inspired temperature-adaptive coating with easy preparation and construction

Y Dong, W Meng, F Wang, H Han, H Liang, X Li… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
The highly reflective solar radiation of passive daytime radiative cooling (PDRC) increases
heating energy consumption in the cold winter. Inspired by the temperature-adaptive skin …

Scalable bio-skin-inspired radiative cooling metafabric for breaking trade-off between optical properties and application requirements

X Zhang, Z Cheng, D Yang, Y Dong, X Shi… - Acs …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Passive daytime radiative cooling (PDRC) provides a zero-energy cooling technology to
reduce the global fossil energy consumption and has already attracted tremendous interest …

Ultrahigh visible-transparency, submicrometer, and polymer-free radiative cooling meta-glass coating for building energy saving

S Yu, JS Yu, Z Chen, Q Li, Z Wang, X Luo, SK Kim… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Glass windows are the most energy-inefficient part of buildings, which triggers the ongoing
chasing of energy-efficient transparent radiative cooling (TRC) metamaterials on glasses …

Introducing masking layer for daytime radiative cooling coating to realize high optical performance, thin thickness, and excellent durability in long-term outdoor …

Y Dong, Y Zou, X Li, F Wang, Z Cheng, W Meng… - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The realization of spontaneous sub-ambient cooling in daytime typically requires the solar
reflectance and thermal emittance of passive daytime radiative cooling (PDRC) material to …

Passive daytime radiative cooling materials toward real-world applications

C Wang, H Chen, F Wang - Progress in Materials Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Passive daytime radiative cooling (PDRC) is an emerging cooling technique of a sunshine-
exposed terrestrial surface by dissipating excessive heat into the deep-cold outer space. It is …

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 …

Radiative intensity regulation to match energy conversion on demand in solar methane dry reforming to improve solar to fuel conversion efficiency

X Shi, J Song, Z Cheng, H Liang, Y Dong, F Wang… - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The mismatch between radiative intensity field and energy required for solar
thermochemical reaction can cause serious heat waste and reduce energy conversion …

Antireflection and radiative cooling difunctional coating design for silicon solar cells

Y Tu, X Tan, X Yang, G Qi, K Yan, Z Kang - Optics Express, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Passive daytime radiative cooling (PDRC) as a zero-energy consumption cooling method
has broad application potential. Common commercial crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cell …