China has abundant solar energy resources and a huge market prospect. Tower-type solar power generation technology has high solar energy conversion rate and great room for improvement in power ...
Here, we harvest solar energy in a dual mode for Cu2-xSe nanoparticles biomineralization and seawater desalination by integrating the merits of Shewanella …
Photothermal Devices for Sustainable Uses Beyond Desalination. In recent years, solar-driven evaporation has attracted widespread research interest in desalination as the water shortage and energy crisis are becoming severe under the global climate change and rapid population growth.
Superhydrophobic evaporator driven by solar energy is very promising in seawater desalination. However, low evaporation rate and photothermal conversion efficiency have greatly limited its practical applications. Here, we report a stable superhydrophobic solar evaporator with excellent photothermal performance for efficient saline evaporation.
In addition, photothermal materials with high optical absorption are opaque and dark and exhibit an imbalance between heat-generation capability and transparency. Thus, photothermal materials cannot satisfy some specific requirements of complex and diverse practical applications (e.g., optical devices, automotive windshields, and solar …
This review developed the principles of coupling solar photon and thermal fields underlying the photothermal effect, exploration of efficient nanocatalysts, …
Photothermal nanoreactors, characterized by their notable photothermal effects, are nanoscale or sub-micron-sized reactors that serve as highly efficient platforms for …
To this end, we review the use of plasmonic photothermal conversion in several typical scenarios to highlight the key factors that need to be considered, including …
Nevertheless, the PV system can convert solar radiation energy into higher-grade electrical energy and consequently meet the energy demands of various buildings by means of energy conversion equipment [9]. Compared with PT systems, the energy conversion efficiency of the PV system is relatively low, and the power supply …
Global energy demand is rapidly increasing due to the growth of the world''s population and substantial industrial production. 1, 2 Currently, the traditional fossil fuels (oil, natural gas, and coal) still constitute the main source of energy consumption in the world (Figure 1A). 3 However, the tremendous consumption of fossil fuels can lead to …
In order to promote the development of a solar photothermal conversion... Energy Storage Science and Technology ›› 2020, Vol. 9 ›› Issue (S1): 62-69. doi: 10.19799/j.cnki.2095-4239.2020.0047 • Energy Storage System and Engineering • Previous Articles Next Articles Study on key technologies of solar energy photothermal conversion for heavy oil …
Nanophotonic materials for solar energy harvesting and photothermal conversion are urgently needed to alleviate the global energy crisis. We demonstrate that a broadband absorber made of tellurium (Te) nanoparticles with a wide size distribution can absorb more than 85% solar radiation in the entire spectrum. Temperature of the …
The solar photovoltaic photothermal system studied maximizes the use of solar energy resources with the help of photovoltaic and photothermal equipment under the premise of ensuring the safe ...
1. Introduction. Solar energy is an abundant and clean source of energy available to us [1], as the amount of solar energy that hits the Earth in one day is equivalent to the total electricity generated by the world''s power plants for 250 years.This is much faster than the rate at which human civilization produces and uses energy [2].Although this …
[2, 3] Storing solar energy in chemical bonds makes the utilization of solar energy less affected by its discontinuity and instability, which can also match well with existing energy systems. [ 4, 5 ] Solar energy can also …
All forms of energy follow the law of conservation of energy, by which they can be neither created nor destroyed. Light-to-heat conversion as a traditional yet constantly evolving means of converting light into thermal energy has been of enduring appeal to researchers and the public. With the continuous development of advanced …
The investigation of photothermal materials with broadband absorption is beneficial for the utilization of renewable solar energy, while the engineering of materials …
Solar-steam generation for clean water production is one of the most promising applications of the solar-thermal energy. Many photothermal materials such as plasmonic metallic nanomaterials, inorganic semiconductor materials and carbon-based nanomaterials have been broadly studied for solar steam generation. To realize a high …
1. Introduction. With growth of urban industrialization and population freshwater demand is soaring [1, 2] order to tackle global water problem, extensive efforts have been devoted to emerging various advanced materials and systems to obtaining freshwater from seawater or even from polluted waste water [[3], [4], [5]].Nowadays, most purification plants are …
In this review, we comprehensively summarized the state-of-the-art photothermal applications for solar energy conversion, including photothermal water …
The generated Ti 2 O 3 NPs were capable of absorbing 92.5% of incident light over the whole solar spectrum and converted almost 100% of absorbed photon …
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