Energy Saving Coating Materials: Design, Process, Implementation and Recent Developments

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Energy Saving Coating Materials: Design, Process, Implementation and Developments provides comprehensive information regarding recent materials advancements and design aspects and integration for infra-red radiation regulators, along with future developments of zero emission buildings. The key opportunities and challenges for the usage of existing heat regulation materials and their implementation for commercial aspects are explored. The fundamental interaction between electromagnetic waves and materials are discussed, along with materials synthesis, design and integration of coatings for smart window applications. This book presents recent developments of innovative technologies comprising energy saving materials and coatings which are key considerations for achieving vital energy saving milestones. Cover ENERGY SAVING COATING MATERIALS Design, Process, Implementation and Recent Developments Copyright Contributors Chapter 1 - Solar radiation and light materials interaction 1 - Introduction 1.1 - Solar radiation and its characteristics 1.2 - Importance of solar radiation 2 - Different technologies for harnessing solar energy 2.1 - Solar PV technology 2.2 - Solar thermal technology 3 - Interaction of matter with solar radiation 4 - Effect of nanostructuring on the solar energy harvesting 5 - Importance of solar thermal technology 6 - Novel materials for regulating IR radiation 7 - Conclusions References Further readings Chapter 2 - Infrared radiation and materials interaction: Active, passive, transparent, and opaque coatings 1 - Introduction 2 - Light reflection mechanism of IR radiations with metals and nanostructures 3 - Factors affecting infrared reflectivity 4 - Regulating infrared radiation using inorganic and organic reflective materials 4.1 - IR regulating inorganic materials 4.2 - NIR regulating organic materials 5 - Active, passive, transparent, and opaque coating 5.1 - Dielectric/metal/dielectric coatings 5.2 - Thermo-chromic materials and coatings 6 - Conclusions References Chapter 3 - Transparent heat regulation materials and coatings: present status, challenges, and opportunity 1 - Introduction 2 - THR materials and coatings—The current status and challenges 2.1 - MD material system development for THR coatings—The present trends and past developments 2.2 - All-dielectric, highly stable heat-mirror coatings for specialized applications and harsh environments 3 - Control over the solar heat gain, visible transmittance, and thermal insulation quality in advanced glazing systems for... 4 - Energy generating THR window glazing systems 5 - Summary Acknowledgments References Chapter 4 - Dielectric/metal/dielectric (DMD) multilayers: growth and stability of ultra-thin metal layers for transparent ... 1 - Introduction 2 - DMD coatings: materials, designs, and architectures 2.1 - Dielectric/metal/dielectric multilayer structure designs 3 - Examples of ultra-thin metal layer growth and DMD multilayer fabrication 4 - Metal-dielectric nanocomposite materials for the design of advanced, high-stability dielectric/metal/dielectric multila... 4.1 - Growth of composition-optimized single layer MDC thin films 4.2 - DMD multilayer coating structures containing MDC layers 5 - Summary Acknowledgements References Chapter 5 - Novel materials and concepts for regulating infra-red radiation: radiative cooling and cool paint 1 - Introduction 2 - Radiative cooling 2.1 - Theoretical considerations 2.2 - Experimental demonstrations 3 - Cool paint 3.1 - Theoretical considerations 3.2 - Materials and performance 4 - Conclusions References Chapter 6 - Understanding spectrally selective properties of solar absorbers 1 - Introduction 2 - Solar absorptance and thermal emittance 3 - Parameters influencing solar selectivity 3.1 - Thickness of absorber 3.2 - Size of the nanoparticles in host matrix 3.3 - Metal content in the film 3.4 - Microstructure of the surface 3.5 - Number of layers 3.6 - Refractive index 3.7 - Effect of substrates 3.8 - Incident radiation 4 - Future outlook and conclusion References Chapter 7 - Metal oxides and metal thin films by atomic layer deposition (ALD), liquid-ALD, and successive ionic layer adso... 1 - Introduction 2 - ALD, liquid-ALD, and SILAR 2.1 - ALD system and ALD process 2.2 - Liquid-ALD 2.3 - Successive ionic liquid adsorption and reaction (SILAR) 3 - ALD, liquid-ALD, and SILAR for metal oxides 3.1 - ALD of Metal Oxides 3.2 - Liquid injection ALD of metal oxides 3.3 - SILAR of metal oxides 4 - ALD of metals 5 - Potentials of ALD, liquid-ALD, and SILAR techniques for THR References Chapter 8 - New paradigm for efficient thermoelectrics 1 - Introduction 2 - Progress and strategies to improve the performance of conventional thermoelectrics 3 - Data driven and machine learning approach for investigating potential thermoelectrics 4 - Progress and strategies to improve the performance of hybrid thermoelectrics 5 - Conventional thermoelectric generators and wearable technologies 6 - Summary References Chapter 9 - Design of thermochromic materials and coatings for cool building applications 1 - Introduction 1.1 - Static window glazing 1.2 - Dynamic window glazing 2 - Thermochromic materials 2.1 - Organic thermochromic materials 2.2 - Inorganic thermochromic materials 2.2.1 - Synthesis of VO2 films (A) - Gas-based deposition (B) - Solution-based deposition 3 - Strategies in improving thermochromic properties 3.1 - Elemental doping 3.2 - Design of multilayers 3.2.1 - Effects of deposition substrate 3.2.2 - Effects of VO2 microstructures 4 - Theoretical predictions for phase transition mechanism and energy modeling 4.1 - Phase transition mechanism 4.2 - Energy modeling of thermochromic materials 5 - Conclusion References Chapter 10 - Recent developments in smart window engineering: from antibacterial activity to self-cleaning behavior 1 - Introduction 2 - Electrochromic smart window 3 - Photochromic smart window 4 - Thermochromic smart window 5 - Heat reflecting coating on smart window 6 - Photocatalysis of TiO2 nanoparticles on smart window 7 - A special focus on antibacterial activity 7.1 - Antibacterial coatings in various applications 7.2 - Antibacterial paints 7.3 - Silver 7.4 - Copper 7.5 - Conclusion 8 - A special focus on wettability studies 8.1 - Fundamental interaction at solid–liquid interface 8.2 - Effect of surface chemistry and roughness on contact angle (CA) 8.3 - Wettability studies on metal-oxide surfaces 8.4 - Potential novel applications 8.5 - Conclusion References Chapter 11 - Upconverting nanoparticles: potential for a new heat regulating materials 1 - Introduction 2 - Upconversion mechanisms 2.1 - Upconversion mechanism based on triplet–triplet annihilation 3 - Upconversion nanoparticles 4 - Applications 4.1 - Optoelectronic devices 4.2 - In solar cells 4.3 - Infrared photodetectors 4.4 - In lasing 4.5 - Heat regulation References Chapter 12 - Machine learning approach for materials technologies 1 - Introduction 1.1 - Supervised learning 1.2 - Unsupervised learning 2 - Machine learning model in materials science 2.1 - Data collection and preprocessing 2.2 - Model creation 2.3 - Evaluation 3 - Conclusion References Chapter 13 - Roadmap for materials selection and energy saving coatings 1 - Progression of low-emission coatings for energy technology 2 - Prospective on heat regulating materials for energy technologies References Index Back Cover