17 December 2021 Using passive evaporation to improve radiative cooling performance
Zhilin Xia, Lintao Li, Kailiang Shi, Zhen Fang, Xiaochun Fan
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Abstract

The principle of radiative cooling is to radiate the extra heat energy of Earth into outer space, and a lot of progress has been made in recent years. Radiative cooling is significantly affected by the air quality, and coolers reported at present only work well under a clear sky. Moreover, most of the world’s industrial cities are facing serious haze problems; thus improving the cooling performance under haze conditions needs to be addressed. We propose a water evaporation assisted radiative cooling technique, and the experimental results showed a remarkable subambient cooling of 6.4°C in daytime haze.

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Zhilin Xia, Lintao Li, Kailiang Shi, Zhen Fang, and Xiaochun Fan "Using passive evaporation to improve radiative cooling performance," Journal of Photonics for Energy 12(1), 012113 (17 December 2021). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JPE.12.012113
Received: 23 September 2021; Accepted: 29 November 2021; Published: 17 December 2021
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KEYWORDS
Copper

Performance modeling

Atmospheric modeling

Convection

Transparency

Air contamination

Absorption

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