Radiative cooling: arising from practice and in turn serving practice
Author:
Zhang Quan1ORCID, Rao Zhonghao1ORCID, Ma Rujun2ORCID
Affiliation:
1. Hebei Engineering Research Center of Advanced Energy Storage Technology and Equipment, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering , Hebei University of Technology , Tianjin 300401 , China 2. School of Materials Science and Engineering , National Institute for Advanced Materials, Nankai University , Tianjin 300350 , China
Abstract
Abstract
Radiative cooling, as a renewable cooling technology, is expected to mitigate growing global warming. However, the barrier when promoting radiative cooling from the laboratory to practice is still a blind spot and needs to be discussed right now. Here, on the basis of review for brief history, we propose a developing thread that the studies on radiative cooling arise from practice and in turn serves practice at the end. This perspective orderly elaborates fundamental limit in theory, realization of spectral-selective materials, practice on criteria for cooling performance, challenges and corresponding possible solutions in practice, and focusing on serving practice. We hope that the criticism for our own opinion could trigger researchers to deeply consider how to make achievement of radiative cooling better serving practice in the future.
Funder
Key Project of Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin City National Natural Science Foundation of China National Key Research and Development Program of China Double First Class University Plan
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Subject
Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials,Biotechnology
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