Concept and performance of the radiative cooler (IMAGE)

Pohang University of Science & Technology (POSTECH)

Concept and performance of the radiative cooler

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a) Concept image of the radiative cooler.
b) Thermal interaction between the radiative cooler and its surrounding environment.

c) Comparison of Psun of our radiative cooler with those from other research.

Ref 1: L. Zhu, A. P. Raman, S. Fan, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2015, 112, 12282.

Ref 2: Z. Zhou, X. Wang, Y. Ma, B. Hu, J. Zhou, Cell Rep. Phys. Sci. 2020, 1, 100231.

Ref 3: X. Zhang, X. Li, F. Wang, W. Yuan, Z. Cheng, H. Liang, Y. Yan, Adv. Opt. Mater. 2022, 10, 2202031.

Ref 4: S. Dang, X. Wang, H. Ye, S. Dang, H. Ye, X. Wang, Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2022, 9, 2201050.

Ref 5: S. Kim, W. Shang, S. Moon, T. Pastega, E. Lee, T. Luo, ACS Energy Lett. 2022, 7, 4134.

d) Schematic of the measurement involving PDMS on glass, OBR-PDMS, OBR-WR-PDMS.

e) Photograph of the measurement taken at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

f) Temperature profile of the samples taken from the measurement.

g) Average temperature from 11:00 to 13:00

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