Realization of energy-saving glass using photonic crystals

Yen-Hsiang CHEN, Li-Hung LIAO, Yu-Bin CHEN

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Front. Energy ›› 2018, Vol. 12 ›› Issue (1) : 178-184. DOI: 10.1007/s11708-018-0523-9
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Realization of energy-saving glass using photonic crystals

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This work successfully developed an energy-saving glass with wavelength selectivity. The glass is composed of a SiO2 substrate and two layers of three-dimensional photonic crystals. Each crystal is composed of identical and transparent polystyrene spheres after their self-assembling. The glass then possesses dual photonic band gaps in the near-infrared region to suppress penetration of thermal radiation. Experimental results show that the energy-saving glass decreases temperature increment in a mini-house. Moreover, the temperature after thermal equilibrium is lower than that inside a counterpart using ordinary glass.

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energy-saving glass / photonic crystals / polystyrene spheres / self-assembly

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Yen-Hsiang CHEN, Li-Hung LIAO, Yu-Bin CHEN. Realization of energy-saving glass using photonic crystals. Front. Energy, 2018, 12(1): 178‒184 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11708-018-0523-9

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Acknowledgments

This work was financially supported by “the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) in Taiwan (Grant Nos. MOST-104-2628-E-007-006-MY2 and MOST-105-3113-E-006-002).”

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