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Why is solar reflectivity important?

Measuring solar reflectivity is essential when studying the effect of cool materials because it provides crucial insights into the ability of materials to reflect solar radiation and reduce heat absorption.

What are the advantages of solar-energy storage?

The extraordinary full-spectrum absorption effect and long persistent energy storage ability make the material a potential solar-energy storage and an effective photocatalyst in practice.

Can building materials reflect solar energy?

Building materials such as aluminum and copper flashing, brass kick plates on exterior doors, coated and non-coated glass products, aluminum or vinyl siding and painted wood, to name a few, can and do reflect solar energy onto adjacent materials.

How important is reflected solar radiation?

Almost as equally important as direct solar radiation is reflected solar radiation. A percentage of incident solar energy is reflected from all exposed building materials. For most common building materials, the reflection is efectively difused in all directions because of optically rough surface characteristics (Reagan and Acklam 1979).

What is a solar reflecting material for radiative cooling applications?

Nilsson, T.M.; Niklasson, G.A.; Granqvist, C.G. A solar reflecting material for radiative cooling applications: ZnS pigmented polyethylene. Sol.

Do cool materials have high solar reflectance and infrared emittance?

Typically, cool materials have high solar reflectance and infrared emittance [52, 53]. By employing materials with tuned absorption and reflection of specific spectral wavelengths, the total energy absorbed by the surface where the cool pigment is applied is reduced [54, 55, 56].