Dynamic modulation of thermal emission—a tutorial

MF Picardi, KN Nimje, GT Papadakis - Journal of Applied Physics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Thermal emission is typically associated with a blackbody at a temperature above absolute
zero, which exchanges energy with its environment in the form of radiation. Blackbody …

Review on the scientific and technological breakthroughs in thermal emission engineering

JE Vázquez-Lozano, I Liberal - ACS Applied Optical Materials, 2024 - ACS Publications
The emission of thermal radiation is a physical process of fundamental and technological
interest. From different approaches, thermal radiation can be regarded as one of the basic …

Vapor condensation with daytime radiative cooling

M Zhou, H Song, X Xu, A Shahsafi… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
A radiative vapor condenser sheds heat in the form of infrared radiation and cools itself to
below the ambient air temperature to produce liquid water from vapor. This effect has been …

The enhancement of nonreciprocal radiation for light near to normal incidence with double-layer grating

J Wu, YM Qing - Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials, 2023 - Springer
The recent review stated that the existing designs of nonreciprocal thermal emitters are
typically operated at rather large incident angles, which imposes constraints on the angular …

Nonreciprocal thermal emitter for near perpendicular incident light with cascade grating involving Weyl semimetal

J Wu, YM Qing - Materials Today Physics, 2023 - Elsevier
A nonreciprocal thermal emitter, consisting of a high refractive dielectric grating atop a Weyl
semimetal (WS) grating and a metallic reflector, is proposed and studied. The emitter …

Tunable nonreciprocal radiation for near vertical incident light based on graphene and Weyl semimetal

J Wu, YM Qing - International Communications in Heat and Mass …, 2024 - Elsevier
The tunable nonreciprocal radiation for near vertical incident light is investigated. The effect
is realized by placing a cascaded one-dimensional graphene and Weyl semimetal (WS) …

Broadband nonreciprocal thermal emissivity and absorptivity

KJ Shayegan, JS Hwang, B Zhao, AP Raman… - Light: Science & …, 2024 - nature.com
A body that violates Kirchhoff's law of thermal radiation exhibits an inequality in its spectral
directional absorptivity and emissivity. Achieving such an inequality is of fundamental …

Strong nonreciprocal radiation for extreme small incident angle

J Wu, YM Qing - International Communications in Heat and Mass …, 2023 - Elsevier
The perfect nonreciprocal radiation effect for extreme small incident angle is studied. The
proposed scheme consists of a patterned magneto-optical (MO) material on a continuous …

Bioinspired switchable passive daytime radiative cooling coatings

T Wang, Y Xiao, JL King, MA Kats… - ACS Applied Materials …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Passive daytime radiative cooling (PDRC) relies on simultaneous reflection of sunlight and
radiation toward cold outer space. Current designs of PDRC coatings have demonstrated …

Strong dual-band nonreciprocal radiation based on a four-part periodic metal grating

J Wu, F Wu, X Wu - Optical Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Nonreciprocal radiation possesses many potential applications, such as solar photovoltaic
system and military camouflage. However, the previous studies mainly focused on single …