Passive daytime radiative cooling(PDRC)technology has great potential in reducing cooling energy consumption.In order to further improve the spectral performance of PDRC coatings,current researchers mostly focus on th...Passive daytime radiative cooling(PDRC)technology has great potential in reducing cooling energy consumption.In order to further improve the spectral performance of PDRC coatings,current researchers mostly focus on the selection and size design of functional particles,while ignoring the optical properties enhancement effect caused by the interlayer binder.In this study,based on the principle that the refractive index difference between layers enhanced the backscattering performance of the solar spectrum,we proposed and manufactured a double-layer PDRC coating with polyvinylidene difluoride(PVDF)as the filmforming material in the upper layer and polydimethylsiloxane(PDMS)as the film-forming material in the lower layer,both filled with Al_(2)O_(3) and SiO_(2) particles.The double-layer PDRC coating exhibited excellent spectral performance that a high solar reflectivity of 98%and an emissivity of 0.95 at the“atmospheric window”band.In comparison,the solar spectrum reflectivity of the single-layer PDRC coatings based on PVDF and PDMS of the same thickness was 95%and 94.7%,respectively.Outdoor tests showed that the PDRC coating achieved a temperature decrease of up to 7.1℃ under direct sunlight at noon time.In addition,the PDRC coating had excellent weather resistance,water resistance,and other basic properties.This article opens up a new idea and provides methodological guidance for the design of double-layer PDRC coatings.展开更多
Selective absorptive nanofluid can pre-absorb certain sunlight wavelength that cannot be used by PV and transmits remaining sunlight to the surface of PV,which can decouple PV from the thermal receiver spatially.In or...Selective absorptive nanofluid can pre-absorb certain sunlight wavelength that cannot be used by PV and transmits remaining sunlight to the surface of PV,which can decouple PV from the thermal receiver spatially.In order to improve the harvesting of electricity and high-temperature thermal nanofluid,it is important to design an optimal optical filter window(transmit sunlight with wavelengths of 732-1067 nm to the surface of the photovoltaic cell and absorb the remaining sunlight).However,designing optimal optical filter is facing following challenges:(1) inherently narrow selective absorptivity property of single nanoparticle;(2) simplified numerical calculation method calculating transmittance;(3) ignoring the shape of the nanoparticle.In this study,the idea of using multiple nanoparticles coupling effect to design an optical filter is proposed,which can superimpose the narrow absorption bandwidth of different nanoparticles to obtain a wide absorption bandwidth of the whole system.In addition,an improved transmission method considering light-matter interaction at air/vessel and liquid/vessel interfaces is adopted to compute the transmittance.The results calculated by improved transmission method are more accurate than widely used traditional Lambert-Beer law,which is verified by experimental test.Furthermore,the effect of nanoparticle shape on spectral transmittance is also investigated,which shows that spiny Ag can approximately extend absorbance from 400 nm to 600 nm compared to nanosphere silver.Finally,the results show that optical filter efficiency of nanofluids with multiple nanoparticles coupling(Ag,spiny Ag,ZnO,ITO) can reached up to 35%.展开更多
Radiative cooling can achieve cooling effect without consuming any energy by delivering energy into outer space(3K) through"atmospheric window"(8–13 μm). Conventional radiative cooling coating with multi-l...Radiative cooling can achieve cooling effect without consuming any energy by delivering energy into outer space(3K) through"atmospheric window"(8–13 μm). Conventional radiative cooling coating with multi-layer structure was severely restricted during application due to its complex preparation process and high cost. In this study, a single-layer radiative cooling coating with mixture of TiO_(2) particles and SiO_(2) particles was proposed. The algorithm for calculating the radiative properties of the multi-particle system was developed. Monte Carlo ray-tracing method combined with that algorithm was used to solve the radiative transfer equation(RTE) of the single-layer radiative cooling coating with mixture of TiO_(2) particles and SiO_(2) particles.The effects of particle diameter, volume fraction and coating thickness on radiative cooling performance were analyzed to obtain the best radiative cooling performance. The numerical results indicated that the average reflectivity of the single-layer radiative cooling coating with mixture of TiO_(2) particles and SiO_(2) particles in the solar spectrum can reach 95.6%, while and the average emissivity in the "atmospheric window" spectrum can reach 94.9% without additional silver-reflectance layer. The average reflectivity in the solar spectrum and average emissivity in the "atmospheric window" spectrum of the single-layer radiative cooling coating with mixture of TiO_(2) particles and SiO_(2) particles can increase 4.6% and 4.8% compared to the double-layer radiative cooling coating. This numerical research results can provide a theoretical guidance for design and optimization of single-layer radiative cooling coatings containing mixed nanoparticles.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.52306078 and 52211530089)Taishan Scholars of Shandong Province(Grant No.tsqn201812105)+1 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(Grant No.ZR2023QE141)the Royal Society(Grant No.IEC\NSFC\211210)。
文摘Passive daytime radiative cooling(PDRC)technology has great potential in reducing cooling energy consumption.In order to further improve the spectral performance of PDRC coatings,current researchers mostly focus on the selection and size design of functional particles,while ignoring the optical properties enhancement effect caused by the interlayer binder.In this study,based on the principle that the refractive index difference between layers enhanced the backscattering performance of the solar spectrum,we proposed and manufactured a double-layer PDRC coating with polyvinylidene difluoride(PVDF)as the filmforming material in the upper layer and polydimethylsiloxane(PDMS)as the film-forming material in the lower layer,both filled with Al_(2)O_(3) and SiO_(2) particles.The double-layer PDRC coating exhibited excellent spectral performance that a high solar reflectivity of 98%and an emissivity of 0.95 at the“atmospheric window”band.In comparison,the solar spectrum reflectivity of the single-layer PDRC coatings based on PVDF and PDMS of the same thickness was 95%and 94.7%,respectively.Outdoor tests showed that the PDRC coating achieved a temperature decrease of up to 7.1℃ under direct sunlight at noon time.In addition,the PDRC coating had excellent weather resistance,water resistance,and other basic properties.This article opens up a new idea and provides methodological guidance for the design of double-layer PDRC coatings.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.52076064)the Taishan Scholars of Shandong Province (tsqn 201812105)+1 种基金China Scholarship Council (202106120157)CSC grant for LIANG Huaxu's scholarship of research visiting at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore。
文摘Selective absorptive nanofluid can pre-absorb certain sunlight wavelength that cannot be used by PV and transmits remaining sunlight to the surface of PV,which can decouple PV from the thermal receiver spatially.In order to improve the harvesting of electricity and high-temperature thermal nanofluid,it is important to design an optimal optical filter window(transmit sunlight with wavelengths of 732-1067 nm to the surface of the photovoltaic cell and absorb the remaining sunlight).However,designing optimal optical filter is facing following challenges:(1) inherently narrow selective absorptivity property of single nanoparticle;(2) simplified numerical calculation method calculating transmittance;(3) ignoring the shape of the nanoparticle.In this study,the idea of using multiple nanoparticles coupling effect to design an optical filter is proposed,which can superimpose the narrow absorption bandwidth of different nanoparticles to obtain a wide absorption bandwidth of the whole system.In addition,an improved transmission method considering light-matter interaction at air/vessel and liquid/vessel interfaces is adopted to compute the transmittance.The results calculated by improved transmission method are more accurate than widely used traditional Lambert-Beer law,which is verified by experimental test.Furthermore,the effect of nanoparticle shape on spectral transmittance is also investigated,which shows that spiny Ag can approximately extend absorbance from 400 nm to 600 nm compared to nanosphere silver.Finally,the results show that optical filter efficiency of nanofluids with multiple nanoparticles coupling(Ag,spiny Ag,ZnO,ITO) can reached up to 35%.
基金supported by the China National Key Research and Development Plan Project (Grant No.2018YFA0702300)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.51676061)the Taishan Scholars of Shandong Proviance (Grant No.tsqn201812105)。
文摘Radiative cooling can achieve cooling effect without consuming any energy by delivering energy into outer space(3K) through"atmospheric window"(8–13 μm). Conventional radiative cooling coating with multi-layer structure was severely restricted during application due to its complex preparation process and high cost. In this study, a single-layer radiative cooling coating with mixture of TiO_(2) particles and SiO_(2) particles was proposed. The algorithm for calculating the radiative properties of the multi-particle system was developed. Monte Carlo ray-tracing method combined with that algorithm was used to solve the radiative transfer equation(RTE) of the single-layer radiative cooling coating with mixture of TiO_(2) particles and SiO_(2) particles.The effects of particle diameter, volume fraction and coating thickness on radiative cooling performance were analyzed to obtain the best radiative cooling performance. The numerical results indicated that the average reflectivity of the single-layer radiative cooling coating with mixture of TiO_(2) particles and SiO_(2) particles in the solar spectrum can reach 95.6%, while and the average emissivity in the "atmospheric window" spectrum can reach 94.9% without additional silver-reflectance layer. The average reflectivity in the solar spectrum and average emissivity in the "atmospheric window" spectrum of the single-layer radiative cooling coating with mixture of TiO_(2) particles and SiO_(2) particles can increase 4.6% and 4.8% compared to the double-layer radiative cooling coating. This numerical research results can provide a theoretical guidance for design and optimization of single-layer radiative cooling coatings containing mixed nanoparticles.