Can Thermal Nonreciprocity Help Radiative Cooling?
Radiative cooling has witnessed substantial progress while its performance is constrained by the thermal reciprocal Kirchhoff’s law. Violating Kirchhoff’s law to pursue nonreciprocal radiative cooling seems promising; however, the energy conservation requirement and radiant flux integrated over the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2024-01-01
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| Series: | Research |
| Online Access: | https://spj.science.org/doi/10.34133/research.0563 |
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| Summary: | Radiative cooling has witnessed substantial progress while its performance is constrained by the thermal reciprocal Kirchhoff’s law. Violating Kirchhoff’s law to pursue nonreciprocal radiative cooling seems promising; however, the energy conservation requirement and radiant flux integrated over the entire hemisphere make the nonreciprocal benefit insignificant. This commentary discusses the practical limits of nonreciprocal radiative cooling and points toward the future direction of directional radiative cooling. |
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| ISSN: | 2639-5274 |