RADIATIVE COOLING ARTICLES INCLUDING A WHITE DIFFUSELY REFLECTIVE LAYER AND A NON-WHITE COLOR REFLECTIVE MIRROR

• Main Authors: ZHAO, Lin, HEBRINK, Timothy J, LORIMOR, Lynn E
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 04.10.2023
• Subjects: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS; OPTICS; PHYSICS

The present disclosure provides a radiative cooling article including a white diffusely reflective microporous layer and a non-white color reflective mirror film having first and second optical layers. The white diffusely reflective microporous layer has a solar weighted reflectivity at normal incidence of electromagnetic radiation over a majority of wavelengths in a range of 350 nanometers (nm) to 2500 nm of 0.8 or greater, 0.85, 0.9, or 0.95 or greater. The non-white color reflective film is disposed adjacent to a major surface of the white diffusely reflective microporous layer and the non-white color reflective film reflects a wavelength bandwidth of at least 30 nm within a wavelength range of 350 nm to 700 nm. The non-white color reflective film can be tuned to reflect light of a specific color (e.g., blue light, green light, or red light). The radiative cooling article may be useful for applications including commercial graphics located outdoors (e.g., on vehicles or buildings). The present disclosure further provides a composite cooling article including the radiative cooling article attached to a vehicle or a trailer. Also, the present disclosure provides a multi-surface passive cooling article including first and second elements in which at least one of the elements includes the radiative cooling article.