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Conventional active cooling approaches, however, are constrained by high energy consumption and system complexity, restricting their applicability. Inspired by the thermoregulation strategy of the land snail Theba pisana, this work reports a dual-mode cooling hydrogel composite that integrates evaporative and radiative cooling in one material system, enabling passive thermal management of PV panels. The hydrogel composite, composed of sodium polyacrylate (PAAS), anhydrous calcium chloride (CaCl2), and hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN), enables sustained moisture sorption and release, while maintaining high solar reflectance and broadband mid-infrared emissivity. When integrated with the backside of a PV panel, the composite enables coupled evaporative-radiative heat dissipation, while its high solar reflectance can further reduce backside solar heat gain. Under direct sunlight, the composite achieves a temperature reduction of 17.8 \u00b0C on a simulated heat-generating device. 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