Review of radiative cooling materials: Performance evaluation and design approaches

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

Radiative cooling for energy sustainability: from fundamentals to fabrication methods toward commercialization

S So, J Yun, B Ko, D Lee, M Kim, J Noh… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Radiative cooling, a technology that lowers the temperature of terrestrial objects by
dissipating heat into outer space, presents a promising ecologically‐benign solution for …

Spectrally selective inorganic-based multilayer emitter for daytime radiative cooling

D Chae, M Kim, PH Jung, S Son, J Seo… - … applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Daytime radiative coolers are used to pump excess heat from a target object into a cold
exterior space without energy consumption. Radiative coolers have become attractive …

Dynamic radiation regulations for thermal comfort

H Zhai, D Fan, Q Li - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermal comfort has a substantial implication for human health. Achieving thermal comfort
requires not only thermal regulation of the building's macroenvironment, but also personal …

Consistent assessment of the cooling performance of radiative cooling materials

K Bu, X Huang, X Li, H Bao - Advanced Functional Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Radiative cooling has emerged as a passive cooling strategy and has attracted significant
attention, particularly over the past five years. While many researchers have designed …

Review on passive daytime radiative cooling: Fundamentals, recent researches, challenges and opportunities

JP Bijarniya, J Sarkar, P Maiti - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Passive radiative sub-ambient cooling is an emerging field of futuristic research and
development and has the potential to reduce water and electricity demands, and the …

Switchable and tunable radiative cooling: mechanisms, applications, and perspectives

X Zhao, J Li, K Dong, J Wu - ACS nano, 2024 - ACS Publications
The cost of annual energy consumption in buildings in the United States exceeds 430 billion
dollars (Science 2019, 364 (6442), 760− 763), of which about 48% is used for space thermal …

Development of radiative cooling and its integration with buildings: A comprehensive review

J Chen, L Lu - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Radiative cooling is an appealing heat exchange form based on thermal radiation from
terrestrial objects to outer space, which can be potentially applied to numerous cooling …

Effective radiative cooling with ZrO2/PDMS reflective coating

Y Zhang, X Tan, G Qi, X Yang, D Hu, P Fyffe… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Radiative cooling (RC) has attracted growing attention in recent years since it is a terrestrial
object that radiates heat to outer space through the atmospheric window while maintaining …

Potential passive cooling methods based on radiation controls in buildings

YH Chan, Y Zhang, T Tennakoon, SC Fu… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Buildings inevitably absorb solar (thermal) radiation through the envelope, ie, window, roof
and wall, whose characteristics, in terms of material, thickness, area etc., affects the …