Energy-efficient thermally smart windows with tunable properties across the near- and mid-infrared ranges.

ABSTRACT: Space heating and cooling account for approximately 15 % of the world's energy consumption, underscoring the pressing need for improved thermal management. Macroscopic temperature regulation can be significantly optimized by improving radiative heat control, in particular through radiative cooling in summer and sunlight capture for heating in winter. These processes are typically tailored independently and thereby remain passive. In this article, we propose thermally smart windows with radiative properties that adapt to a building's heating and cooling demands in a tunable manner. To achieve this, one ought to control, simultaneously, the window's response to near- and mid-infrared (IR) radiation for solar heating and radiative cooling, respectively. We propose device architectures to real

SUBMITTER: Legendre J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12617719 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature