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A review of clear sky radiative cooling developments and applications in renewable power systems and passive building cooling

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In this paper, a detailed literature survey of published studies on selective emitter structures for daytime and nighttime cooling purposes is presented and a detailed energy analysis is performed identifying key performance indicators and evaluating the cooling performance under various conditions.
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This article is published in Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells.The article was published on 2018-05-01. It has received 240 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Radiative cooling & Passive cooling.

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Radiative cooling: A review of fundamentals, materials, applications, and prospects

TL;DR: In this article, the current state of the art in passive radiative cooling technology is reviewed and updated, and the advanced materials and structures of various radiators, which are popular topics in radiative heating, are presented.
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Radiative sky cooling: Fundamental principles, materials, and applications

TL;DR: In this paper, the fundamental principles of radiative sky cooling as well as the recent advances, from both materials and systems point of view, are reviewed with special attention to technology viability and benefits.
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A structural polymer for highly efficient all-day passive radiative cooling.

TL;DR: In this article, a hierarchical porous array polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) film with a micropore array combined with random nanopores for highly efficient day and nighttime passive radiative cooling is presented.
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Passive directional sub-ambient daytime radiative cooling

TL;DR: A directional approach to passive radiative cooling that exploits the angular confinement of solar irradiation in the sky to achieve sub-ambient cooling during the day regardless of the emitter properties in the solar spectrum is shown.
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Spectrally Selective Inorganic-Based Multilayer Emitter for Daytime Radiative Cooling

TL;DR: A daytime radiative cooler was designed to have a selective emissive property of electromagnetic waves in the atmospheric transparency window of 8-13 μm and preserve low solar absorption for enhancing radiative cooling performance.
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An investigation into the use of a wind shield to reduce the convective heat flux to a nocturnal radiative cooling surface

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of a wind shield on the convective heat flux from an ambient air stream blowing over a horizontal surface intended for nocturnal radiative cooling has been studied by computational fluid dynamical calculations and by wind tunnel experiments under conditions appropriate for the climate of Thailand.
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Assessment of Ancient Fridges: A Sustainable Method to Storage Ice in Hot-Arid Climates

TL;DR: In this paper, an attempt to introducing ancient fridges as sustainable method to store ice in hot-arid Climates was made, where the interpretive technique has been applied to assess ancient fridge.
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Radiative cooling to low temperatures with selectively infrared-emitting gases

TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the resource for radiative cooling and demonstrate that slabs of the gases NH 3, C 2 H 4 and C 2H 4 O are useful for obtaining low temperatures.
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Low-Cost Long-Wave Radiators for Passive Cooling of Buildings

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed the parameters affecting the performance of radiators specifically designed for nocturnal radiative cooling, and proposed two cheap, simple and flexible designs for a cooling radiator.
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