1.. IntroductionFundamental properties of nanostructured materials are currently excessively studied because of their potential application in numerous fields such as electronic devices, opto-electronics, optics, tribology, biotechnology, human medicine and others (Poole and Owens, 2003; Bhushan, 2004).Since materials science is also an …
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Learn MoreIntegration of solar energy in industrial processes is one effective solution to reduce fuel cost and CO 2 emissions and improve market competitiveness. Today, solar thermal applications are mainly used in buildings. ... TES uses the internal energy of materials to store sensible, latent and thermo-chemical heat (Romani et al., 2019, Xu …
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Learn MoreSection 2 delivers insights into the mechanism of TES and classifications based on temperature, period and storage media. TES materials, typically PCMs, lack thermal conductivity, which slows down the energy storage and retrieval rate. There are other issues with PCMs for instance, inorganic PCMs (hydrated salts) depict …
Learn MoreSection snippets Selection methodology and motivation. As it was illustrated in a previous work (Agalit et al., 2015), TES system No.1 (high-temperature TES system) is placed directly in the HSTPPDCC scheme after the central receiver, so its storage materials must withstand high operating pressures (9 – 15 bars) (SOLGATE project …
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Learn MoreThe structure and the corresponding process flow of the industrial PERC cell used in this study are shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 2, respectively.After saw damage removal (SDR) and random-pyramids-texturing using NAOH solution, front n + emitter with 90 Ω/ sheet resistance (R ) was formed via POCl 3 diffusion. Then edge isolation and rear side …
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