Photonics and thermodynamics concepts in radiative cooling

• Published in: Nature photonics Vol. 16; no. 3; pp. 182 - 190
• Main Authors: Fan, Shanhui, Li, Wei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.03.2022; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 639/624/1111/1114; 639/624/399/1015; Applied and Technical Physics; Optics; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Quantum Physics; Review Article

Radiative cooling is a ubiquitous passive process that uses photon heat flow to carry away energy and entropy. Radiative cooling processes have been studied in the scientific literature for many decades, but advances in nanophotonics have enabled recent breakthroughs in daytime radiative cooling, wh...