A Versatile Collector (VersCo) for simultaneous Photovoltaic-thermal and Radiative Cooling in Buildings

该奖学金将培养一位有才华的早期职业研究员(王Q博士)，他是日内瓦国际发明展大金奖和中国科学院博士生特等奖(博士的最高荣誉)的获得者，通过研究和开发用于构建综合可再生能源应用的多功能收集器(VersCo)，为欧盟的科学卓越做出贡献。光伏热能(PVT)和辐射制冷(RC)分别是由太阳能和外层空间冷能驱动的两种有吸引力的可再生能源技术。它们在可再生性和能量输出类型(电力和热量与寒冷)和更好的运行周期(寒冷季节与炎热季节)方面的相似性和互补性促使申请者提出VersCo设计概念，旨在完美地结合PVT和RC技术。VersCo技术可以同时向具有出色季节适应性的建筑输送电力、热量和寒冷。此外，VersCo的设计还将能够解决独立PVT和RC收集器效率较低的严重缺陷，这对实施近零能源建筑有很大帮助。为了实现这些有益的功能，申请者提出了一种巧妙的微型光学模块和一种新型的光谱选择涂层，用于VersCo系统，并将在本奖学金中进行优化、试制和评估。该项目经过精心设计，以匹配王博士的专业知识和诺丁汉大学主办团队在太阳能、微/纳米涂层和低碳/零碳建筑方面的优势，促进双向知识传递和培训。该奖学金的成功完成将有助于欧洲在混合可再生能源系统和低/零碳建筑方面的卓越表现，并促进王博士的专业能力和职业前景。

This fellowship will train a talented early career researcher (Dr. Q Wang), a winner of the Grand Gold Medal of Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions and the Special Prize of President Scholarship of the Chinese Academy of Sciences for PhD Graduate (the highest honor for PhD), to contribute to scientific excellence in the EU by investigating and developing a Versatile Collector (VersCo) for building integrated renewable energy applications.Photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) and radiative cooling (RC) are two appealing renewable energy technologies driven by solar energy and cold energy in outer space, respectively. Their similarities in renewability and complementarities in types of energy outputs (electricity and heat vs. coldness) and preferable operating periods (cold seasons vs. hot seasons) stimulate the applicants to propose the VersCo design concept aiming to perfectly incorporate PVT and RC technology. The VersCo technology can simultaneously deliver electricity, heat and coldness to buildings with excellent seasonal adaptability. Additionally, the VersCo design will also be capable of addressing the severe drawbacks of less efficiency in stand-alone PVT and RC collectors, which greatly help the implementation of nearly zero energy buildings. To achieve such beneficial functions, the applicants have proposed an ingenious miniature optical module and a novel spectrally selective coating for the VersCo system, which will be optimised, trial-manufactured and evaluated in this fellowship.The project has been carefully designed to match Dr. Wang's expertise with the strengths of the host team at the University of Nottingham in solar energy, micro/nano coating and low/zero carbon buildings, facilitating a two-way knowledge transfer and training. Successful completion of this fellowship will contribute to European excellence in hybrid renewable energy systems and low/zero carbon buildings and promote Dr. Wang's professional competence and career prospect.