Solar Energy Absorbing and Radiative Cooling Articles and Methods

    公开(公告)号:US20230213243A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-06

    申请号:US17996437

    申请日:2021-04-16

    CPC classification number: F24S23/82 H02S10/30 H02S40/22 F24S10/00

    Abstract: Passive cooling articles may include a first element defining a high absorbance in an atmospheric infrared wavelength range and a high average reflectance in a solar wavelength range. The first element may define a first major surface (114, 214, 314, 414) positioned and shaped to reflect solar energy in the solar wavelength range to an energy absorber (108, 208, 308, 408, 508, 608) spaced a distance from the first major surface (114, 214, 314, 414). The energy absorber (108, 208, 308, 408, 508, 608) may be a heating panel or a photovoltaic cell. A second element may define a high thermal conductivity and thermally coupled to a second major surface (116, 216, 416) of the first element to transfer thermal energy from the second element to the first element to cool the second element.

    Flexible thermoelectric device
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12004424B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-04

    申请号:US17779623

    申请日:2019-12-06

    CPC classification number: H10N10/01 H10N10/13 H10N10/17 H10N10/852 H10N10/855

    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of fabricating a thermoelectric device. The method includes disposing a metal layer on a dielectric layer to form a sub-assembly, forming patterned circuits on the metal layer, forming blind vias in the dielectric layer, fabricating first thermoelectric elements in a first series of blind vias, and fabricating second thermoelectric elements in a second series of blind vias to form thermoelectric units with the first thermoelectric elements and the patterned circuits. The sub-assembly is configured to be joined to an adjacent sub-assembly along a first direction, and the first and second thermoelectric elements of each thermoelectric unit are aligned in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. The present disclosure further relates to a thermoelectric device which includes a plurality of thermoelectric units forming a strip extending in a first direction.

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