Highly efficient flexible structured metasurface by roll-to-roll printing for diurnal radiative cooling

Keng-Te Lin; Xianbo Nian; Ke Li; Jihong Han; Nan Zheng; Xiaokang Lu; Chunsheng Guo; Han Lin; Baohua Jia

doi:10.1186/s43593-023-00053-3

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Highly efficient flexible structured metasurface by roll-to-roll printing for diurnal radiative cooling

eLight Vol. 3, Issue 1, (2023)

RESEARCH ARTICLE | Updated：2024-09-25

- Highly efficient flexible structured metasurface by roll-to-roll printing for diurnal radiative cooling
- Affiliations：
  
  Centre for Atomaterials and Nanomanufacturing (CAN), School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
  Centre for Translational Atomaterials, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, P. O. Box 218, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia
  School of Mechanical, Electrical & Information Engineering, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, Shandong, China
  Suzhou Research Institute, Shandong University, Suzhou 215123, Jiangsu, China
  The Australian Research Council (ARC) Industrial Transformation Training Centre in Surface Engineering for Advanced Materials (SEAM), RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
- Author bio：
  
  *Chunsheng Guoguo@sdu.edu.cn
  Baohua Jiabaohua.jia@rmit.edu.au
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1186/s43593-023-00053-3
  CLC：
- Published：2023，
  
  Published Online：25 October 2023，
  
  Received：29 May 2023，
  
  Revised：14 June 2023，
  
  Accepted：27 June 2023
- Accepted：
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Keng-Te Lin, Xianbo Nian, Ke Li, et al. Highly efficient flexible structured metasurface by roll-to-roll printing for diurnal radiative cooling. [J]. eLight, 2023,3(1).
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Keng-Te Lin, Xianbo Nian, Ke Li, et al. Highly efficient flexible structured metasurface by roll-to-roll printing for diurnal radiative cooling. [J]. eLight, 2023,3(1). DOI： 10.1186/s43593-023-00053-3.

摘要

Abstract

An ideal radiative cooler requires accurate spectral control capability to achieve efficient thermal emission in the atmospheric transparency window (8-13 μm)

low solar absorption

good stability

scalability

and a simple structure for effective diurnal radiative cooling. Flexible cooling films made from polymer relying on polymer intrinsic absorbance represent a cost-effective solution but lack accuracy in spectral control. Here

we propose and dem-onstrate a metasurface concept enabled by periodically arranged three-dimensional (3D) trench-like str

uctures in a thin layer of polymer for high-performance radiative cooling. The structured polymer metasurface radiative cooler is manufactured by a roll-to-roll printing method. It exhibits superior spectral breadth and selectivity

which offers outstanding omnidirectional absorption/emission (96.1%) in the atmospheric transparency window

low solar absorption (4.8%)

and high stability. Impressive cooling power of 129.8 W m

-2

and temperature deduction of 7℃ on a clear sky midday have been achieved

promising broad practical applications in energy saving and passive heat dispersion fields.

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Keywords

Radiative coolingMetasurfaceRoll-to-roll printingEnergy saving

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