Solar evaporation has emerged as an attractive technology to produce freshwater by utilizing renewable solar energy. However, it remains a huge challenge to develop efficient solar steam generators with good flexibility, low cost and remarkable salt resistance. Herein, we prepare flexible, robust solar membranes by filtration of porous …
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Learn MoreAdvanced Energy Materials is your prime applied energy journal for research providing solutions to today''s global energy challenges. Abstract As the efficiency of perovskite solar cell has skyrocketed to as high as 25.7%, their stability has become the biggest obstacle to commercialization.
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Learn MoreCopper indium gallium di-selenide [Cu(InGa)Se 2 or CIGS] thin-film solar cell has attracted great attention because of their high efficiency, low cost potential, less raw materials consumption, and so on. Using polyimide (PI) as the flexible substrate, the CIGS thin-film solar cell has the advantages of light weight, flexibility, and low energy …
Learn MoreThe constructed photo-electro-thermal textile-based evaporator provides an effective method for commercial and scalable photo-electro-thermal conversion to …
Learn MoreSolar Desalination. In article number 2300189, Lin Li and co-workers present a Janus ion-selective hydrogel interfacial evaporator, which enables ion-electromigration salt removal.The from-scratch salt-removal route breaks the limitations of the conventional water-convection enhanced routes, and significantly lowers heat loss, …
Learn MoreZirconia nanoparticles embedded spinel selective absorber coating for high performance in open atmospheric condition. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 2018, 174, 423-432. DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2017.09.032. Abolhassan Najafi, Shima Ghasemi.
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Learn Morewhere λ min and λ max are 0.3 µm and 2.5 µm, respectively, and θ is the angle of incidence of light measured from the surface normal of the absorber. I(λ) is the wavelength-dependent solar ...
Learn MoreAn International Journal Devoted to Photovoltaic, Photothermal, and Photochemical Solar Energy Conversion. Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells is intended as a vehicle for …
Learn Morehydrogen-resistant materials for high-pressure hydrogen environments. This paper summarizes HE phenomena, mechanisms and current problems for the metallic structural materials of hydrogen energy ...
Learn MoreThe highly flexible HN/CNT photothermal paper is promising for application in highly efficient solar energy-driven seawater desalination and wastewater purification, and has a stable water evaporation capability during recycling and long-time usage. Efficient utilization of abundant solar energy for clean water generation is …
Learn MoreThe preparation of flexible CIGS thin-film solar energy requires that the substrate material of CIGS should be flexible and foldable [[42], [43], [44]]. For the choice of substrate, we usually consider two aspects, one is the thermal stability, is should withstand the high temperature (>550 °C) environment in the high temperature CIGS absorber ...
Learn MoreThe solar absorption of CBEF across 280–2500 nm is measured as 94.7%, which is a significant enhancement compared to the pristine Tencel (Figure S9, Supporting Information). The PPy particles can convert solar energy into internal energy to realize heat localization in the fibrous network through electron excitation and relaxation.
Learn MoreThe development of photothermal materials with high light-to-heat conversion efficiency as well as superior salt-resistant performance is of importance for real solar desalination. ... Compared with the existing salt-resistant photothermal materials, the method takes the advantage of the intrinsically ionic feature of PIPs without using any ...
Learn MoreDOI: 10.1016/J.MTENER.2021.100640 Corpus ID: 233546386; Recent progress in the high-temperature-resistant PI substrate with low CTE for CIGS thin-film solar cells @article{Sheng2021RecentPI, title={Recent progress in the high-temperature-resistant PI substrate with low CTE for CIGS thin-film solar cells}, author={S. Sheng and Lili Yao and …
Learn MoreThe absorbed solar energy equals the blackbody re-emission energy (i.e., no solar thermal energy is harvested) at this point. The stagnation temperature of SSAs using the simulated reflectivity spectrum is higher than the one using the measured reflectivity spectrum since the reflectivity curve of the simulated one is steeper than the …
Learn MoreAn overview of the High-Performance Corrosion-Resistant Materials (HPCRM) Program, which was cosponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Defense Sciences Office (DSO) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Civilian and Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM), is discussed. …
Learn MoreA typical solar cell has a silicon semiconductor that absorbs sunlight directly and converts it into electrical energy. But silicon semiconductors only respond to infrared light. Higher-energy light waves, including most of the visible light spectrum, are wasted as heat, while lower-energy waves simply pass through the solar panel.
Learn MoreCopper indium gallium di-selenide [Cu(InGa)Se 2 or CIGS] thin-film solar cell has attracted great attention because of their high efficiency, low cost potential, less raw materials consumption, and so on ing polyimide (PI) as the flexible substrate, the CIGS thin-film solar cell has the advantages of light weight, flexibility, and low energy …
Learn MoreInterfacial solar water evaporation (ISWE), a new water treatment technology, exhibits promising applications in the fields of fresh water and sustainable energy. Preventing surface salt accumulation while maintaining high solar-thermal conversion performance is a critical issue in ISWE-based desalination. H
Learn MoreEnergy Generation: Heat-resistant materials play a crucial role in power plants, nuclear reactors, and renewable energy systems. Refractory metals, ceramics, and specialized alloys endure high temperatures in turbines, reactors, and solar panels.
Learn MoreThe high light absorption of the PCFE can help efficiently transform solar energy into thermal energy. As shown in Fig. S3, the dry PCFE with 0 mm CFB height exposes more surface of the wood, of which light absorption is low, corresponding to relatively slight increases of surface temperature from 20.2 ℃ to 44.1 ℃ after 5 min. At a …
Learn MoreSome of the best heat-resistant building materials, according to Roi Omer, owner of Valley Boutique Builders in California, include concrete, stone, and brick that absorb heat, withstand high ...
Learn MoreAdvanced aerogel materials with low thermal conductivity and high transparency have shown great application prospects in the solar thermal energy conversion field. However, most aerogels do not meet these requirements due to their low optical transparency and poor mechanical properties. To tackle this problem, we have …
Learn MoreElectrospinning is a convenient and efficient method to produce nanofiber-based materials [].Although the electrospun nanofibrous membranes have some disadvantages, such as poor mechanical properties and difficult scale production, they have been widely used in the solar evaporation due to high specific surface area, high porosity, adjustable structures, …
Learn MoreTherefore, it is still a daunting challenge in achieving high solar absorption, thermal conductivity, high energy density, and good stability simultaneously for solar thermal storage. Ceramic materials, especially porous silicon carbon (SiC), possess a rich of fascinating properties such as high thermal conductivity, high-temperature oxidation ...
Learn More3 · Double perovskites are promising for solar cells, thermoelectric generators, and renewable energy due to their stability, eco-friendly nature, lack of lead, and high …
Learn MoreIn this chapter, a review of high energy absorbing materials, specially with attention to blast resistant materials, is presented. The design philosophy for blast absorbing materials is briefly introduced, and four cases of blast resistant materials (i.e., multilayer composites, sandwich panels, magneto-rheological fluids, and porous shape ...
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Learn More1. Introduction. As the global energy structure continues to shift towards renewable sources, solar energy, with its widespread availability and environmental friendliness, is widely regarded as key to addressing the challenges of traditional energy sources [1].Solar energy not only provides an almost infinite supply of clean energy but also has the potential to …
Learn MoreThe solar energy conversion efficiency of M-SIE was measured to be 78.9% - 79.2% in 20 wt% NaCl, and the solar energy conversion efficiency can reach to 80.4% in an aqueous solution containing 6% ...
Learn MoreRadiative cooling materials exhibit high emissivity in this range and effectively use the atmospheric window to dissipate heat to outer space, where the temperature is only 2.7 K. Nighttime radiative cooling has been systematically investigated since the 1970s. ... Eq. (1) represents the solar energy absorbed by the material, which …
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