Recent advances in thermoregulatory clothing: materials, mechanisms, and perspectives

L Lei, S Shi, D Wang, S Meng, JG Dai, S Fu, J Hu - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Personal thermal management (PTM) is a promising approach for maintaining the thermal
comfort zone of the human body while minimizing the energy consumption of indoor …

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 …

A solution-processed radiative cooling glass

X Zhao, T Li, H Xie, H Liu, L Wang, Y Qu, SC Li, S Liu… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Passive daytime radiative cooling materials could reduce the energy needed for building
cooling up to 60% by reflecting sunlight and emitting long-wave infrared (LWIR) radiation …

Design strategies for perovskite-type high-entropy oxides with applications in optics

S Ye, J Zhu, S Zhu, Y Zhao, M Li, Z Huang… - … applied materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
It is essential and challenging to develop advanced ceramic materials with thermal stability
and high reflectivity for optical fields. Encouragingly, recent breakthroughs and significant …

Hierarchically structured passive radiative cooling ceramic with high solar reflectivity

K Lin, S Chen, Y Zeng, TC Ho, Y Zhu, X Wang, F Liu… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Passive radiative cooling using nanophotonic structures is limited by its high cost and poor
compatibility with existing end uses, whereas polymeric photonic alternatives lack weather …

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 …

Dual-mode porous polymeric films with coral-like hierarchical structure for all-day radiative cooling and heating

M Shi, Z Song, J Ni, X Du, Y Cao, Y Yang, W Wang… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Passive radiative cooling (PRC) and passive radiative heating (PRH) have drawn increasing
attention as green and sustainable cooling and heating approaches, respectively. Existing …

Ultrathin, soft, radiative cooling interfaces for advanced thermal management in skin electronics

J Li, Y Fu, J Zhou, K Yao, X Ma, S Gao, Z Wang… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Thermal management plays a notable role in electronics, especially for the emerging
wearable and skin electronics, as the level of integration, multifunction, and miniaturization …

Temperature-dependent dual-mode thermal management device with net zero energy for year-round energy saving

Q Zhang, Y Lv, Y Wang, S Yu, C Li, R Ma… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Reducing needs for heating and cooling from fossil energy is one of the biggest challenges,
which demand accounts for almost half of global energy consumption, consequently …

Self-adaptive integration of photothermal and radiative cooling for continuous energy harvesting from the sun and outer space

X Ao, B Li, B Zhao, M Hu, H Ren… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
The sun (∼ 6,000 K) and outer space (∼ 3 K) are two significant renewable thermodynamic
resources for human beings on Earth. The solar thermal conversion by photothermal (PT) …