An Emerging Energy Technology: Self‐Uninterrupted Electricity Power Harvesting from the Sun and Cold Space

S Zhang, Z Wu, Z Liu, Z Hu - Advanced Energy Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Harvesting sustainable energy from the sun and cold space to uninterruptedly generate
green electricity provides a potential alternative way to solve the unfolding energy crisis and …

[HTML][HTML] Passive daytime radiative cooling: Moving beyond materials towards real-world applications

A Aili, T Jiang, J Chen, Y Wen, R Yang, X Yin, G Tan - Next Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Passive daytime radiative cooling has emerged as a promising sustainable technique for
meeting ever-growing demand for cooling across multiple sectors. Although a number of …

A scalable microstructure photonic coating fabricated by roll-to-roll “defects” for daytime subambient passive radiative cooling

S Liu, C Sui, M Harbinson, M Pudlo, H Perera… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
The deep space's coldness (∼ 4 K) provides a ubiquitous and inexhaustible thermodynamic
resource to suppress the cooling energy consumption. However, it is nontrivial to achieve …

Cooling benefit of implementing radiative cooling on a city-scale

H Li, K Zhang, Z Shi, K Jiang, B Wu, P Ye - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The map of radiative cooling potential shows that the radiative cooling power can reach up
to 100 W/m 2 for its application in different climatic zones. However, the effect of building …

Passive sub-ambient cooling: radiative cooling versus evaporative cooling

A Aili, X Yin, R Yang - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Day-and-night radiative sky cooling has emerged as a potential alternative to conventional
cooling technologies such as refrigeration-based air conditioning and evaporative wet …

Radiative free cooling for energy and water saving in data centers

A Aili, W Long, Z Cao, Y Wen - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Data centers consume large amounts of electricity and water specifically for cooling
purposes. Integrating free cooling technologies is an essential part of broad efforts to reduce …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change influences in the determination of the maximum power potential of radiative cooling. Evolution and seasonal study in Europe

R Vilà, M Medrano, A Castell - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
In the recent years, radiative cooling has emerged as a promising technology for space
cooling applications. Nevertheless, radiative cooling phenomenon is dependent on weather …

Model development of deep space-source heat pump system and its feasibility analysis

L Jia, L Lu, J Chen, Q Gong - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
This study proposes a novel deep space-source heat pump (DSSHP) system for efficient
heat rejection, considering the spectral selectivity of cooling coatings and atmospheric …

Large-scale industry-compatible sub-ambient radiative cooling pulp

W Zhu, Y Zhang, N Mohammad, W Xu, S Tunc… - Cell Reports Physical …, 2022 - cell.com
Existing passive daytime radiative cooling (PDRC) materials have promising performance
yet are far from mass production and therefore have limited contribution to carbon neutrality …

Exploring energy-saving performance of radiative cooling roofs with a transient heat transfer model

J Liu, L Xie, H Wu, G Zhang, C Fang, J Gu - Journal of Building Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Radiative cooling coatings, serving as building roof exterior surfaces, reflect most solar
energy and dissipate heat mainly through the atmospheric window. A roof transient heat …