Passive Daytime Cooling Foils for Everyone: A Scalable Lamination Process Based on Upcycling Aluminum-Coated Chips Bags.

ABSTRACT: The increasing energy demand for space cooling and environmental pollution caused by post-consumer plastic waste are two of the most challenging issues today. Passive daytime cooling, which dissipates heat to outer space without external energy input, has emerged recently as a sustainable technique for space cooling. In this work, a plastic waste-based passive daytime cooling foil is reported to alleviate both issues simultaneously. The mirror-like aluminum-plastic laminate (APL) waste exhibits a satisfactory solar reflectance of 85.7%. Combining the APL waste with a laminated pouch foil reveals a remarkably simple but effective plastic waste-based cooling foil with a high emissivity of 0.87 in the atmospheric window, resulting in a compelling daytime cooling performance. The sustainable a

SUBMITTER: Song Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10369676 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature