Integration of daytime radiative cooling and solar heating

Xiuqiang Li1, Sujin Shao1, Meijiao Huang1

  • 1Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education, and Institute for Frontier Science, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China.

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|January 17, 2023
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