Abstract
To reduce the heat island effect brought by conventional asphalt roofing products with high solar absorption, we propose a category of self-cleaning and self-cooling composited roofing tile (CRT) made of old corrugated containers (OCC) and tung oil inspired by traditional Chinese oil-paper umbrellas, which can be fabricated at scale and easily recycled for roofing applications. Compared with asphalt shingles, CRTs can improve the solar reflection due to the randomized structure of the cellulose microfibers, contributing to a significant temperature difference of ∼13.2 °C. In addition, they have a high thermal emissivity of 0.93 in the atmospheric window, radiating great amounts of heat into the cold outer space (∼ 3 K). The top layer tung oil film smeared on the OCC pulp fibers transforms the roofing tile from a waterabsorbing to a waterproofing state and significantly enhances the mechanical strength, contributing to a stable thermal performance in outdoor applications. Furthermore, dyed CRTs can selectively reflect visible light for desired colors and effectively reflect near-infrared light to reduce solar heating, which synchronously achieves roof cooling and aesthetic variety. These cheap, eco-friendly, and multifunctional roofing tiles can provide a value-added path for OCC recycling, which may inspire more radiative cooling composites purely from recycling waste towards an energy-saving and sustainable society.
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