Radiative cooling substrate and manufacturing method of the same
A radiative cooling substrate and a manufacturing method of the radiative cooling substrate are provided. The radiative cooling substrate includes a metallic substrate and a chitosan layer disposed on the metallic substrate with a thickness of 0.5 μm to 10 μm. The chitosan layer emits radiation within a waveband between 8 μm and 13 μm.
1. A manufacturing method of a radiative cooling substrate, comprising:
forming a metallic substrate by depositing an adhesive layer with a second thickness on a silicon substrate and depositing a metal layer on the adhesive layer in an evaporation process, wherein the adhesive layer comprises chromium or titanium, and the second thickness is 10 nm to 50 nm;
preparing a chitosan solution, the chitosan solution comprising chitosan and a solvent, wherein the solvent comprises water, C1-C4 alcohols, and an acid, and a pH-value of the chitosan solution is less than seven;
providing the metallic substrate into an electrophoresis cell loaded with the chitosan solution;
applying a voltage to the metallic substrate for a predetermined time period;
depositing a chitosan layer comprising the chitosan with a first thickness on the metallic substrate in an electrophoretic process; and
obtaining the radiative cooling substrate;
wherein the first thickness is a value from 0.5 μm to 10 μm.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a ratio of a weight of the chitosan and a volume of the solvent is 0.01 g: 1000 mL to 20 g: 1000 mL.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the C1-C4 alcohols comprise ethyl alcohol, and a volume ratio of the water and the ethyl alcohol is less than 2:8.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the acid comprises acetic acid or hydrochloric acid.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the voltage is less than 30 V.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined time period is less than five minutes.