Smart Flexible Porous Bilayer for All‐Day Dynamic Passive Cooling [PDF]
Small ScienceRadiative cooling and evaporative cooling are sustainable cooling techniques without additional energy input. However, radiative cooling lacks dynamic cooling ability, while evaporative cooling demands external water replenishment, hindering their ...
Zuoxin Hu, Yu Qiu, Jicheng Zhou, Qing Li
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Atmospheric-moisture-induced polyacrylate hydrogels for hybrid passive cooling. [PDF]
Nat Commun, 2023 Heat stress is being exacerbated by global warming, jeopardizing human and social sustainability. As a result, reliable and energy-efficient cooling methods are highly sought-after.
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A tandem radiative/evaporative cooler for weather-insensitive and high-performance daytime passive cooling. [PDF]
Sci Adv, 2022 Radiative cooling and evaporative cooling with low carbon footprint are regarded as promising passive cooling strategies. However, the intrinsic limits of continuous water supply with complex systems for evaporative cooling, and restricted cooling power ...
Li J +12 more
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Self-recovering passive cooling utilizing endothermic reaction of NH4NO3/H2O driven by water sorption for photovoltaic cell. [PDF]
Nat Commun, 2023 Power efficiency of photovoltaic cell is significantly affected by the cell temperature. Here, a self-recovering passive cooling unit is developed. The water-saturated zeolite 13X is coated on the back side of photovoltaic cell, and ammonium nitrate is ...
Kim S, Park JH, Lee JW, Kim Y, Kang YT.
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A Breathable, Passive-Cooling, Non-Inflammatory, and Biodegradable Aerogel Electronic Skin for Wearable Physical-Electrophysiological-Chemical Analysis. [PDF]
Adv Mater, 2023 Real‐time monitoring of human health can be significantly improved by designing novel electronic skin (E‐skin) platforms that mimic the characteristics and sensitivity of human skin. A high‐quality E‐skin platform that can simultaneously monitor multiple
Zhu Y +15 more
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Passive-Cooling Building Coating with Efficient Cooling Performance and Excellent Superhydrophobicity. [PDF]
Materials (Basel), 2023 Passive-cooling building materials can achieve cooling without external energy consumption, which is an energy-saving and environmentally friendly cooling method. However, the existing passive-cooling building materials have the limitations of high cost,
Yang X +5 more
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Scalable Hierarchical‐Colored Passive Cooling Metapaint for Outdoor Facility
EcoMatThe temperature of metal‐based facilities rises significantly under high outdoor solar irradiation, leading to serious safety accidents. The application of active cooling technology poses challenges due to its high energy consumption, especially in ...
Maiping Yang +12 more
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Enhancing PV modules efficiency and power output using multi-concept cooling technique [PDF]
Energy Reports, 2018 The efficiency and power output of a PV module decrease at the peak of sunlight due to energy loss as heat energyand this reduces the module power output.
Linus Idoko +2 more
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Sustainable passive cooling strategy for PV module: A comparative analysis
Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2021 This paper presents the experimental studies of different passive cooling techniques to analyze the electrical power improvement and temperature reduction of a 50 W polycrystalline PV module. Plant cooling, greenhouse cooling, greenhouse + plant cooling,
Ramkiran B, Sundarabalan CK, K. Sudhakar
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Passive sub-ambient cooling: radiative cooling versus evaporative cooling [PDF]
Applied Thermal Engineering, 2022 26 pages, 8 ...
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