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

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.

Provides knowledge-based information on the optical properties of materials and their utility for solar energy harvesting and energy saving applicationsDiscusses innovative coatings for smart windows applications, including the progressive development of radiative cooling and cool paintPreviews future developments for the synthesis, design and integration of heat regulative materials

1. Solar radiation and light materials interaction 2. Infra-red (IR) radiation and materials interaction: Active, passive, transparent and opaque coatings 3. Transparent heat regulation materials and coatings:  present status, challenges, and opportunity 4. Dielectric/metal/dielectric (DMD) multilayers: growth  and stability of ultra-thin metal layers for transparent  heat regulation (THR) 5. Novel materials and concepts for regulating infra-red radiation: radiative cooling and cool paint 6. Understanding spectrally selective properties of solar absorbers 7. Metal oxides and metal thin films by atomic layer deposition (ALD), liquid-ALD, and successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction  methods for THR applications 8. New paradigm for efficient thermoelectrics 9. Design of thermochromic materials and coatings  for cool building applications 10. Recent developments in smart window engineering:  from antibacterial activity to self-cleaning behavior 11. Upconverting nanoparticles: potential for a new heat regulating materials 12. Machine learning approach for materials technologies 13. Roadmap for materials selection and energy saving coatings