Review: wood composites as sustainable energy conversion
Harnessing and effectively utilizing abundant and sustainable solar energy is regarded as a promising solution to the global energy crisis. Forests, being nature''s largest light energy …
Energy Conversion and Management
To assess the effect of airflow on the system''s heat collection, heat storage, heat release, heat transfer and overall performance, the maximum total thermal efficiency of the system is 17.8 …
Photothermal conversion characteristics and exergy analysis
The 80 ppm nanofluid showed the best exergic efficiency, with an average exergic efficiency of 83%. Meanwhile, the photothermal conversion efficiency of 80 ppm …
Photothermal Chemistry Based on Solar Energy: From …
To attain higher efficiency of solar energy conversion, researchers have tried to integrate diverse processes. Due to the thermal effect in PTC, water evaporation is facile to couple with water treatment and other …
Recent advances and perspectives in solar photothermal …
Developing high-efficiency solar photothermal conversion and storage (SPCS) technology is significant in solving the imbalance between the supply and demand of solar …
Photothermal Catalytic CO2 Conversion: Beyond Catalysis and ...
In recent years, the combination of both thermal and photochemical contributions has provided interesting opportunities for solar upgrading of catalytic processes. …
A general methodology to measure the light-to-heat conversion …
Light-to-heat conversion has been intensively investigated due to the potential applications including photothermal therapy and solar energy harvesting. As a fundamental …
Graphene for Energy Storage and Conversion: Synthesis and ...
2D graphene materials possess excellent electrical conductivity and an sp2 carbon atom structure and can be applied in light and electric energy storage and conversion …
Photothermal Phase Change Energy Storage Materials: A …
Photothermal phase change energy storage materials (PTCPCESMs), as a special type of PCM, can store energy and respond to changes in illumination, enhancing the efficiency of energy …
Carbon nanotube graphene multilevel network based phase …
1 Introduction Flexible multifunctional fabrics have attracted wide attention because of their intelligent sensing and interaction properties. 1–3 Fibers, as the basic building …
Thermal energy storage characteristics of carbon-based phase …
To further evaluate the photo-thermal conversion and energy storage performance of different samples, the solar thermal storage capacity and efficiency can be …
Solar-thermal conversion and thermal energy storage of …
The main aim was to improve energy storage and cost-effective continuity of electricity generation in the absence of radiation by PCM with a longer shelf life. The results …
Photothermal materials: A key platform enabling highly efficient water ...
Unlike the relatively expensive noble metals mentioned above, various selective blacks such as black chromium, copper or black nickel with enhanced photothermal solar …
Energy conversion approaches and materials for high-efficiency …
Figure 1c shows cell energy-conversion efficiency versus ERE for a range of photovoltaic materials. For crystalline III–V materials, ERE can be as high as 32.3% for the …
Solar-thermal conversion and thermal energy storage of different …
The main aim was to improve energy storage and cost-effective continuity of electricity generation in the absence of radiation by PCM with a longer shelf life. The results …
Photothermal Phase Change Energy Storage Materials: A
To meet the demands of the global energy transition, photothermal phase change energy storage materials have emerged as an innovative solution. These materials, …
Recent progress on photothermal nanomaterials: Design, …
The photothermal conversion efficiency and applications are fundamentally contingent upon the characteristics and performance of the materials employed. …
Theoretical and experimental progress in photothermal catalysis …
In the current energy crisis, converting solar-thermal energy into chemical forms has become paramount. Within the broad spectrum of light-mediated catalysis, which includes …
Energy conversion approaches and materials for high …
Figure 1c shows cell energy-conversion efficiency versus ERE for a range of photovoltaic materials. For crystalline III–V materials, ERE can be as high as 32.3% for the record 28.8%-efficient ...
Thermal energy storage characteristics of carbon-based phase …
Photo-thermal conversion and energy storage experiments were carried out to evaluate the phase change characteristics. It was shown that the enhanced PCM had higher …
Recent advances and perspectives in solar photothermal conversion …
Developing high-efficiency solar photothermal conversion and storage (SPCS) technology is significant in solving the imbalance between the supply and demand of solar …
Principles and applications of photothermal catalysis
In fact, researchers are very familiar with the photothermal effect of sunlight, such as in the application of solar water heaters. In addition, there are photothermal power …
Thermal and photo/electro-thermal conversion characteristics of …
The efficient and reasonable conversion of electric energy and solar energy into heat energy can solve the above problems. The storage and utilization of thermal energy can …
Photothermal Chemistry Based on Solar Energy: From …
To attain higher efficiency of solar energy conversion, researchers have tried to integrate diverse processes. Due to the thermal effect in PTC, water evaporation is facile to …