High albedo daytime radiative cooling for enhanced bifacial PV performance
High albedo daytime radiative cooling for enhanced bifacial PV performance
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DOI:
10.1515/nanoph-2023-0611
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发表时间:
2023-12
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7.5
通讯作者:
Hannah Kim;Yiwei Gao;Ethan Moran;Annyn Howle;Sean McSherry;Spencer Cira;A. Lenert
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作者:
Hannah Kim;Yiwei Gao;Ethan Moran;Annyn Howle;Sean McSherry;Spencer Cira;A. Lenert
Abstract We present a radiative cooling material capable of enhancing albedo while reducing ground surface temperatures beneath fielded bifacial solar panels. Electrospinning a layer of polyacrylonitrile nanofibers, or nanoPAN, onto a polymer-coated silver mirror yields a total solar reflectance of 99 %, an albedo of 0.96, and a thermal emittance of 0.80. The combination of high albedo and high emittance is enabled by wavelength-selective scattering induced by the hierarchical morphology of nanoPAN, which includes both thin fibers and bead-like structures. During outdoor testing, the material outperforms the radiative cooling power of a state-of-the-art control by ∼20 W/m2 and boosts the photocurrent produced by a commercial silicon cell by up to 6.4 mA/cm2 compared to sand. These experiments validate essential characteristics of a high-albedo radiative-cooling reflector with promising potential applications in thermal and light management of fielded bifacial panels.