| dc.creator |
Martorell, Ingrid |
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| dc.creator |
Camarasa, Jaume |
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| dc.creator |
Vilà Miró, Roger |
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| dc.creator |
Solé Cutrona, Cristian |
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| dc.creator |
Castell, Albert |
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| dc.date |
2022-11-08 |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2025-11-03T12:17:32Z |
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2025-11-03T12:17:32Z |
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| dc.identifier |
https://doi.org/10.3390/en15228340 |
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| dc.identifier |
1996-1073 |
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| dc.identifier |
http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/84280 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://fima-docencia.ub.edu:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/24511 |
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| dc.description |
Polyethylene has widely been used in radiative cooling applications because of high transmittance values in the atmospheric window. However, it presents optical and mechanical degradation when exposed to environmental conditions and must be replaced every few months. This paper aims to find an alternative to polyethylene to be used in a unique device, the Radiative Collector and Emitter (RCE), that combines solar collection and night-time radiative cooling. The aging evolution analysis of five cheap and market available plastic films (two low density polyethylene, one high density polyethylene, one polypropylene, and one fluorinated ethylene propylene) exposed to environmental conditions was performed. FT-IR spectra and mechanical traction tests were performed before and after 90 days of exposure to the environment. Results confirm that polyethylene undergoes a degradation process both when it is covered by a glass and when it is uncovered. However, it maintains high average transmittance values in the atmospheric window. Polypropylene has average transmittance values slightly lower than polyethylene, but its aging behaviour is better since no oxidative processes are detected when the material is covered with glass. For all this, PP-35 is an interesting candidate for night-time radiative cooling wind-shields. |
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| dc.description |
This publication is part of the grant RTI2018-097669-A-I00, funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/
501100011033/ and by “ERDF A way of making Europe”. This publication is part of the grant PID2021-
126643OB-I00, funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033/ and by “ERDF A way of making
Europe”. The authors would like to thank Generalitat de Catalunya for the project grant given to
their research group (2017 SGR 659). |
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application/pdf |
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| dc.language |
eng |
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| dc.publisher |
MDPI |
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| dc.relation |
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020/RTI2018-097669-A-I00/ES/DESARROLLO Y EVALUACION DE UN SISTEMA DE REFRIGERACION RADIANTE Y CAPTACION SOLAR PARA PRODUCCION COMBINADA DE FRIO Y CALOR/ |
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| dc.relation |
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica,
Técnica y de Innovación 2021-2023/PID2021-126643OB-I00/ES/ |
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| dc.relation |
Reproducció del document publicat a https://doi.org/10.3390/en15228340 |
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| dc.relation |
Energies, 2022, vol. 15, núm. 22, 8340 |
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| dc.rights |
cc-by (c) Martorell, Ingrid et al., 2022 |
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| dc.rights |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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| dc.rights |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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| dc.subject |
Night-time radiative cooling |
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| dc.subject |
Wind-shield |
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| dc.subject |
Plastic films |
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| dc.subject |
Transmittance |
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| dc.subject |
Mechanical tests |
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| dc.subject |
Aging |
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| dc.title |
Aging study of plastics to be used as Radiative cooling wind-shields for night-time radiative cooling - Polypropylene as an alternative to polyethylene. |
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| dc.type |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
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| dc.type |
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
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