We propose in this article a method to generate radiative coolers which are reflective in the solar spectrum and emissive in the transparency window of the atmosphere (8-13 μm). We choose an approach combining thermal control capacity of gratings and multi-layers. We use optimized BN, SiC and SiO 2 gratings, which have emissivity peak in the transparency window. We place under these gratings a metal/dielectric multi-layer structure to obtain a near perfect reflectivity in the solar spectrum and to enhance the emissivity in the transparency window. The optimized structures produce a good radiative cooling power density up to 80 W.m --2 .
@article{arxiv.1802.02067,
title = {Radiative cooling by tailoring surfaces with microstructures},
author = {Armande Hervé and Jeremie Drevillon and Younes Ezzahri and Karl Joulain},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1802.02067},
year = {2018}
}