Advancing Sustainable Development: Broad Applications of Passive Radiative Cooling

Lin Liang; Shengxi Bai; Kaixin Lin; Xanthy Kwok; Siru Chen; Yihao Zhu; Chi Yan Tso

doi:10.3390/su16062346

Advancing Sustainable Development: Broad Applications of Passive Radiative Cooling

Lin Liang, Shengxi Bai, Kaixin Lin, Xanthy Kwok, Siru Chen, Yihao Zhu, Chi Yan Tso^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Energy and Environment

Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review

10 Citations (Scopus)

141 Downloads (CityUHK Scholars)

Abstract

With the increasing demand for energy worldwide, researchers from different fields have been striving to improve the sustainability and proper utilization of energy resources. Passive radiative cooling, as a natural energy transport method, can achieve cooling without additional external energy input. This review provides a comprehensive examination of passive radiative cooling, including its fundamental theories and latest development. A particular emphasis is placed on the diverse range of fields where passive radiative cooling has been applied, notably including but not limited to construction and architecture. The current state of applications, potential challenges that may arise with wider adaption and promising research directions for each field are thoroughly discussed. This review emphasizes the extensive potential and practical viability of passive radiative cooling in diverse applications and identifies pressing challenges and future research directions aimed at scaling up real-world implementation.

© 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

Original language	English
Article number	2346
Journal	Sustainability
Volume	16
Issue number	6
Online published	12 Mar 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/su16062346
Publication status	Published - Mar 2024

Funding

This work was supported by Hong Kong Research Grant Council via General Research Fund (GRF) accounts 11200022 and 11200923, and via the Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) account C1105- 20G, and via Strategic Topics Grant (STG) account STG2/E-605/23-N, as well as by the Innovation and Technology Commission via Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF) account ITS/128/22FP.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Research Keywords

radiative cooling
energy sustainable development
building energy efficiency
smart textile
metamaterials
micro/nano structures

Publisher's Copyright Statement

This full text is made available under CC-BY 4.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

RGC Funding Information

RGC-funded

Access Output

10.3390/su16062346

187808511.pdfFinal Published version, 4.66 MBLicence: CC BY

Other Access Options

Check CityUHK Library

Permanent Link

Right click to copy link

ITF: Study and Development of Novel and Next-Generation Self-Cooling Building Materials using Daytime Passive Radiative Cooling Technology
TSO, C. Y. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator), CHAO, C. Y. H. (Co-Investigator), Fu, S. C. (Co-Investigator) & Huang, B. (Co-Investigator)
1/11/23 → …
Project: Research
GRF: Coral-inspired and Colored Daytime Passive Radiative Coolers using Photoluminescent Carbon Dots for Cooling Power Recovery in Building Applications
TSO, C. Y. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator) & ROGACH, A. (Co-Investigator)
1/07/23 → …
Project: Research
GRF: Chameleon-inspired Self-adaptive Daytime Passive Radiative Coolers with Cooling Power Modulation Ability for Building Applications
TSO, C. Y. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator), CHAO, C. Y. H. (Co-Investigator) & Huang, B. (Co-Investigator)
1/01/23 → …
Project: Research

Cite this

@article{1b9d4c1b7d434f488c73b2e73b6d6dbe,

title = "Advancing Sustainable Development: Broad Applications of Passive Radiative Cooling",

abstract = "With the increasing demand for energy worldwide, researchers from different fields have been striving to improve the sustainability and proper utilization of energy resources. Passive radiative cooling, as a natural energy transport method, can achieve cooling without additional external energy input. This review provides a comprehensive examination of passive radiative cooling, including its fundamental theories and latest development. A particular emphasis is placed on the diverse range of fields where passive radiative cooling has been applied, notably including but not limited to construction and architecture. The current state of applications, potential challenges that may arise with wider adaption and promising research directions for each field are thoroughly discussed. This review emphasizes the extensive potential and practical viability of passive radiative cooling in diverse applications and identifies pressing challenges and future research directions aimed at scaling up real-world implementation.{\textcopyright} 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.",

keywords = "radiative cooling, energy sustainable development, building energy efficiency, smart textile, metamaterials, micro/nano structures",

author = "Lin Liang and Shengxi Bai and Kaixin Lin and Xanthy Kwok and Siru Chen and Yihao Zhu and Tso, {Chi Yan}",

year = "2024",

month = mar,

doi = "10.3390/su16062346",

language = "English",

volume = "16",

journal = "Sustainability",

issn = "2071-1050",

publisher = "Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)",

number = "6",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Advancing Sustainable Development

T2 - Broad Applications of Passive Radiative Cooling

AU - Liang, Lin

AU - Bai, Shengxi

AU - Lin, Kaixin

AU - Kwok, Xanthy

AU - Chen, Siru

AU - Zhu, Yihao

AU - Tso, Chi Yan

PY - 2024/3

Y1 - 2024/3

N2 - With the increasing demand for energy worldwide, researchers from different fields have been striving to improve the sustainability and proper utilization of energy resources. Passive radiative cooling, as a natural energy transport method, can achieve cooling without additional external energy input. This review provides a comprehensive examination of passive radiative cooling, including its fundamental theories and latest development. A particular emphasis is placed on the diverse range of fields where passive radiative cooling has been applied, notably including but not limited to construction and architecture. The current state of applications, potential challenges that may arise with wider adaption and promising research directions for each field are thoroughly discussed. This review emphasizes the extensive potential and practical viability of passive radiative cooling in diverse applications and identifies pressing challenges and future research directions aimed at scaling up real-world implementation.© 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

AB - With the increasing demand for energy worldwide, researchers from different fields have been striving to improve the sustainability and proper utilization of energy resources. Passive radiative cooling, as a natural energy transport method, can achieve cooling without additional external energy input. This review provides a comprehensive examination of passive radiative cooling, including its fundamental theories and latest development. A particular emphasis is placed on the diverse range of fields where passive radiative cooling has been applied, notably including but not limited to construction and architecture. The current state of applications, potential challenges that may arise with wider adaption and promising research directions for each field are thoroughly discussed. This review emphasizes the extensive potential and practical viability of passive radiative cooling in diverse applications and identifies pressing challenges and future research directions aimed at scaling up real-world implementation.© 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

KW - radiative cooling

KW - energy sustainable development

KW - building energy efficiency

KW - smart textile

KW - metamaterials

KW - micro/nano structures

U2 - 10.3390/su16062346

DO - 10.3390/su16062346

M3 - RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal

SN - 2071-1050

VL - 16

JO - Sustainability

JF - Sustainability

IS - 6

M1 - 2346

ER -

Advancing Sustainable Development: Broad Applications of Passive Radiative Cooling

Abstract

Funding

UN SDGs

Research Keywords

Publisher's Copyright Statement

RGC Funding Information

Access Output

Other Access Options

Permanent Link

Fingerprint

Projects

ITF: Study and Development of Novel and Next-Generation Self-Cooling Building Materials using Daytime Passive Radiative Cooling Technology

GRF: Coral-inspired and Colored Daytime Passive Radiative Coolers using Photoluminescent Carbon Dots for Cooling Power Recovery in Building Applications

GRF: Chameleon-inspired Self-adaptive Daytime Passive Radiative Coolers with Cooling Power Modulation Ability for Building Applications

Cite this