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 …

A review of metasurfaces: physics and applications

HT Chen, AJ Taylor, N Yu - Reports on progress in physics, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Metamaterials are composed of periodic subwavelength metal/dielectric structures that
resonantly couple to the electric and/or magnetic components of the incident …

Scalable and hierarchically designed polymer film as a selective thermal emitter for high-performance all-day radiative cooling

D Li, X Liu, W Li, Z Lin, B Zhu, Z Li, J Li, B Li… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Traditional cooling systems consume tremendous amounts of energy and thus aggravate
the greenhouse effect,. Passive radiative cooling, dissipating an object's heat through an …

A structural polymer for highly efficient all-day passive radiative cooling

T Wang, Y Wu, L Shi, X Hu, M Chen, L Wu - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
All-day passive radiative cooling has recently attracted tremendous interest by reflecting
sunlight and radiating heat to the ultracold outer space. While some progress has been …

Scalable-manufactured randomized glass-polymer hybrid metamaterial for daytime radiative cooling

Y Zhai, Y Ma, SN David, D Zhao, R Lou, G Tan, R Yang… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Passive radiative cooling draws heat from surfaces and radiates it into space as infrared
radiation to which the atmosphere is transparent. However, the energy density mismatch …

Ultrawhite BaSO4 Paints and Films for Remarkable Daytime Subambient Radiative Cooling

X Li, J Peoples, P Yao, X Ruan - ACS applied materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Radiative cooling is a passive cooling technology that offers great promises to reduce space
cooling cost, combat the urban island effect, and alleviate the global warming. To achieve …

A radiative cooling structural material

T Li, Y Zhai, S He, W Gan, Z Wei, M Heidarinejad… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Reducing human reliance on energy-inefficient cooling methods such as air conditioning
would have a large impact on the global energy landscape. By a process of complete …

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 …

Passive radiative cooling below ambient air temperature under direct sunlight

AP Raman, MA Anoma, L Zhu, E Rephaeli, S Fan - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Cooling is a significant end-use of energy globally and a major driver of peak electricity
demand. Air conditioning, for example, accounts for nearly fifteen per cent of the primary …

Durable radiative cooling against environmental aging

J Song, W Zhang, Z Sun, M Pan, F Tian, X Li… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
To fight against global warming, subambient daytime radiative cooling technology provides
a promising path to meet sustainable development goals. To achieve subambient daytime …