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

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ENERGY SAVING
COATING MATERIALS
Design, Process,
Implementation and
Recent Developments
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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
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