Does self-adaptive dual-mode temperature regulation integrate photothermal conversion and radiative cooling?In this work, we propose a self-adaptive dual-mode temperature regulation strategy that synergetically integrates photothermal conversion and radiative cooling based on an intelligent mechanism of thermo-responsive phase transformation and auto-switching effects.
Could a commercial memory alloy achieve self-adaptive thermoregulation?A commercial memory alloy could realize self-adaptive thermoregulation at the critical temperature between radiative cooling with high solar reflectance R ¯ solar = 0.95 and thermal emittance ε ¯ LWIR = 0.93, and solar heating with high solar absorptance α ¯ solar = 0.92 and low thermal emittance ε ¯ IR = 0.08.
What is solar cooling mode?For cooling mode, the automatic unfolded radiative cooling layer completely covers the solar heating layer, where high solar reflection of radiative cooling layer on the sunlight reduces solar absorption as much as possible, thereby avoiding increase of internal energy from solar radiation.
How to achieve a dual-mode solar heating & cooling design?We point out there are four key points to successfully realize the dual-mode design: (1) The material should have excellent solar heating and radiative cooling properties to obtain high heating and cooling performance that is on par with most state-of-the-art solar heating and radiative cooling materials alone.
What is a dual-mode solar heating device?The dual-mode device (top) consists of three functional layers: radiative cooling layer, temperature-sensitive actuating layer, and solar heating layer (not to scale). b Absorptivity/emissivity spectrum of ideal solar heating (red line) and radiative cooling (blue line) materials.
Are passive solar heating and radiative cooling better?Passive solar heating and radiative cooling attracted lots of attention in global energy consumption reduction due to their unique electricity-free advantage. However, static single radiation cooling or solar heating would lead to over-cooling or over-heating in cold or hot weather, respective
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In this work, we propose a self-adaptive dual-mode temperature regulation strategy that synergetically integrates photothermal conversion and radiative cooling based on an intelligent mechanism of thermo-responsive phase transformation and auto-switching effects.
A commercial memory alloy could realize self-adaptive thermoregulation at the critical temperature between radiative cooling with high solar reflectance R ¯ solar = 0.95 and thermal emittance ε ¯ LWIR = 0.93, and solar heating with high solar absorptance α ¯ solar = 0.92 and low thermal emittance ε ¯ IR = 0.08.
For cooling mode, the automatic unfolded radiative cooling layer completely covers the solar heating layer, where high solar reflection of radiative cooling layer on the sunlight reduces solar absorption as much as possible, thereby avoiding increase of internal energy from solar radiation.
We point out there are four key points to successfully realize the dual-mode design: (1) The material should have excellent solar heating and radiative cooling properties to obtain high heating and cooling performance that is on par with most state-of-the-art solar heating and radiative cooling materials alone.
The dual-mode device (top) consists of three functional layers: radiative cooling layer, temperature-sensitive actuating layer, and solar heating layer (not to scale). b Absorptivity/emissivity spectrum of ideal solar heating (red line) and radiative cooling (blue line) materials.
Passive solar heating and radiative cooling attracted lots of attention in global energy consumption reduction due to their unique electricity-free advantage. However, static single radiation cooling or solar heating would lead to over-cooling or over-heating in cold or hot weather, respectively.
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