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Application of Radiative Cooling

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Infrared Radiative Cooling and Its Applications

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Although many radiation cooling materials have been developed with very attractive spectral properties, there are not many reliable cooling systems available due to another group of challenges outside the material. Due to the low radiation energy density of radiation refrigeration, one of the biggest challenges facing the application of radiation refrigeration is the large-scale system application of this technology in practical applications. For example, the cooling power of power plant cooling system and electronic cooling system needs to reach 100 w/cm2.

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Hu, Z., Mu, E. (2022). Application of Radiative Cooling. In: Infrared Radiative Cooling and Its Applications. Energy and Environment Research in China. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6609-5_5

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