Self-adaptive radiative cooling based on phase change materials

• Published in: Optics express Vol. 26; no. 18; p. A777
• Main Authors: Ono, Masashi, Chen, Kaifeng, Li, Wei, Fan, Shanhui
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 03.09.2018

With the ability of harvesting the coldness of universe as a thermodynamic resource, radiative cooling technology is important for a broad range of applications such as passive building cooling, refrigeration, and renewable energy harvesting. However, all existing radiative cooling technologies util...