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 …

Temperature-adaptive radiative coating for all-season household thermal regulation

K Tang, K Dong, J Li, MP Gordon, FG Reichertz, H Kim… - Science, 2021 - science.org
The sky is a natural heat sink that has been extensively used for passive radiative cooling of
households. A lot of focus has been on maximizing the radiative cooling power of roof …

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 …

An all-weather radiative human body cooling textile

X Wu, J Li, Q Jiang, W Zhang, B Wang, R Li… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Radiative cooling textiles dissipate human body heat without any energy input, providing a
sustainable means for personal thermal management. However, there is still a lack of textile …

Subambient daytime radiative cooling textile based on nanoprocessed silk

B Zhu, W Li, Q Zhang, D Li, X Liu, Y Wang, N Xu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Decreasing energy consumption is critical to sustainable development. Because
temperature regulation for human comfort consumes vast amounts of energy, substantial …

Protecting ice from melting under sunlight via radiative cooling

J Li, Y Liang, W Li, N Xu, B Zhu, Z Wu, X Wang… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
As ice plays a critical role in various aspects of life, from food preservation to ice sports and
ecosystem, it is desirable to protect ice from melting, especially under sunlight. The …

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 …

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** …

Scalable multifunctional radiative cooling materials

MC Huang, M Yang, XJ Guo, CH Xue, HD Wang… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Passive daytime radiative cooling (PDRC) with zero energy consumption and pollution is
regarded as one of the most feasible solutions to replace conventional electrical cooling in …