The ability to control thermal radiation plays a fundamentally important role in a wide range of energy technology. Here I review the development of thermal photonics, which utilizes structures where at least one of the structural features is at a wavelength or subwavelength scale, for the control of thermal radiation. Thermal photonic structures have emission properties that are drastically different from those of conventional thermal radiators. These properties lead to new application opportunities in energy technologies, such as daytime radiative cooling.

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热光子学与能源应用

控制热辐射的能力在广泛的能源技术中起着根本性的重要作用。在这里，我回顾了热光子学的发展，该技术利用结构中至少一个结构特征处于波长或亚波长范围的结构来控制热辐射。热光子结构的发射特性与常规热辐射器的发射特性完全不同。这些特性为能源技术带来了新的应用机会，例如日间辐射冷却。