24 March 2023 Low-cost and scalable sub-ambient radiative cooling porous films
Bin Li, Boyu Cao, Ruichen Song, Yetao Zhong, Changhao Chen, Hengren Hu, Shigang Wu, Zhilin Xia
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Abstract

Passive radiative cooling is an environmentally friendly and energy-free cooling method, but the practical application of radiative cooling materials is still limited by high costs and cumbersome preparation processes. Here, low-cost and chemically stable polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) was selected as the raw material and porous P-PVDF films for daytime radiative cooling were prepared by a simple phase separation method. A solar reflectivity of 95.6% and an atmospheric window emissivity of 99.1% were obtained, resulting in high-performance radiative cooling without a metal reflective layer. A cooling power of 69.43 W · m − 2 was achieved in direct sunlight, achieving sub-ambient cooling of 4.2°C. This work provides a unique solution for radiative cooling materials, which is expected to be implemented in practical applications of passive radiative cooling.

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Bin Li, Boyu Cao, Ruichen Song, Yetao Zhong, Changhao Chen, Hengren Hu, Shigang Wu, and Zhilin Xia "Low-cost and scalable sub-ambient radiative cooling porous films," Journal of Photonics for Energy 13(1), 015501 (24 March 2023). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JPE.13.015501
Received: 13 December 2022; Accepted: 28 February 2023; Published: 24 March 2023
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KEYWORDS
Ferroelectric polymers

Porosity

Emissivity

Buildings

Windows

Foam

Sunlight

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