Radiative cooling of solar absorbers using a transparent photonic crystal thermal blackbody

Linxiao Zhu; Aaswath P. Raman; Shanhui Fan

Radiative cooling of solar absorbers using a transparent photonic crystal thermal blackbody

Linxiao Zhu, Aaswath P. Raman, Shanhui Fan

Mechanical Engineering

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Abstract

We demonstrate radiative cooling of solar absorbers with utilization of sunlight. By placing a visibly-transparent thermal blackbody atop the absorber, we cool the absorber by 13^◦C, while preserving or even slightly enhancing sunlight absorption.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	CLEO
Subtitle of host publication	QELS_Fundamental Science, QELS 2016
Publisher	Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA)
ISBN (Electronic)	9781557528209
State	Published - 2016
Event	CLEO: QELS_Fundamental Science, QELS 2016 - San Jose, United States Duration: Jun 5 2016 → Jun 10 2016

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Name	Optics InfoBase Conference Papers

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Conference	CLEO: QELS_Fundamental Science, QELS 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Jose
Period	6/5/16 → 6/10/16

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Mechanics of Materials

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Radiative cooling of solar absorbers using a transparent photonic crystal thermal blackbody

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