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Saranya Bhupathi1,2, Shancheng Wang3, Guanya Wang3
1School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore, Singapore.
Abstract:
Radiative cooling in smart windows using VO2 - a dynamic thermal management material, is of potential interest for enhancing energy savings in buildings due to its both solar and emittance tuneability in response to changing temperatures. However, studies related to the effects of VO2 thin film microstructure in a multilayer system on emissivity regulation are currently lacking. The present study addresses the thermochromic and emissivity performance of VO2/ZnSe/ITO/Glass Fabry-Perot (F-P) cavity thin film system, by manipulating the porosity in VO2 thin film. The device is fabricated by commercially feasible physical vapor deposition methods such as sputtering and thermal evaporation, most suitable for mass production. The optimized sample with porous VO2 delivers an enhanced long-wave infrared (LWIR) emissivity contrast of Δɛ LWIR ≥ 0.4 preserving a high visible transparency T lum(avg) of ∼41 % compared to dense VO2. Then finite difference time domain (FDTD) simulation is performed to further understand the effects of varying VO2 porosity and ZnSe thickness on the F-P cavity properties. The reduced low-temperature ɛ LWIR (0.1-0.2) gives this film better energy saving in regions where warming demand is dominant as simulated by EnergyPlus.
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