Integrative solar absorbers for highly efficient solar steam generation

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 4642-4648 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaofeng Lin ◽  
Jiayao Chen ◽  
Zhongke Yuan ◽  
Meijia Yang ◽  
Guojian Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Conversion ◽  
Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Energy Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Steam Generation ◽  
Highly Efficient ◽  
Solar Absorbers ◽  
Solar Steam Generation

Carbonized melamine foams are used for highly efficient solar steam generation, exhibiting ultrahigh evaporation rates and energy conversion efficiency.

Nature-inspired salt resistant polypyrrole–wood for highly efficient solar steam generation

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (11) ◽  
pp. 3000-3008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Huang ◽  
Gaoyue Hu ◽  
Cheng Tian ◽  
Xiaohong Wang ◽  
Jinchun Tu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Energy Conversion ◽  
Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Solar Energy Conversion ◽  
Water Shortage ◽  
Energy Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Steam Generation ◽  
Highly Efficient ◽  
Solar Energy Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Solar Steam Generation

Solar steam generation has emerged as a promising and sustainable method of addressing the water shortage issue. The fabricated PPy–wood exhibits high solar energy conversion efficiency and excellent salt resistant performance.

Highly efficient n-type PbTe developed by advanced electronic structure engineering

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (38) ◽  
pp. 13270-13285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krzysztof T. Wojciechowski ◽  
Taras Parashchuk ◽  
Bartlomiej Wiendlocha ◽  
Oleksandr Cherniushok ◽  
Zinovi Dashevsky
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Structure ◽  
Energy Conversion ◽  
Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Energy Conversion Efficiency ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Highly Efficient ◽  
High Energy Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Structure Engineering

Advanced electronic structure engineering was applied for obtaining a record-high energy conversion efficiency for n-type PbTe.

Low‐Cost, Scalable, and Reusable Photothermal Layers for Highly Efficient Solar Steam Generation and Versatile Energy Conversion

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 1900153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoli Shan ◽  
Aiqing Zhao ◽  
Yawen Lin ◽  
Yujing Hu ◽  
Yunsong Di ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Conversion ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Steam Generation ◽  
Highly Efficient ◽  
Solar Steam Generation

Novel PtO decorated MWCNTs as a highly efficient counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells

RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (11) ◽  
pp. 8307-8310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao Chen ◽  
Jian Wei Guo ◽  
Yu Hou ◽  
Yu Hang Li ◽  
Shuang Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Energy Conversion ◽  
Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Counter Electrode ◽  
Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽  
Energy Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Dye Sensitized ◽  
Highly Efficient ◽  
First Time ◽  
Sensitized Solar Cells

PtO–MWCNTs nanocomposites were prepared and applied as the counter electrode in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) for the first time. Excellent energy conversion efficiency indicated that the nanocomposite was a promising electrocatalyst for DSCs.

Conductive hollow kapok fiber-PPy monolithic aerogels with excellent mechanical robustness for efficient solar steam generation

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (16) ◽  
pp. 9673-9679 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Mu ◽  
Wei Bai ◽  
Yukang Fan ◽  
Zheng Zhang ◽  
Hanxue Sun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Strength ◽  
Energy Conversion ◽  
Light Absorption ◽  
Energy Conversion Efficiency ◽  
High Energy ◽  
High Porosity ◽  
Steam Generation ◽  
Kapok Fiber ◽  
High Energy Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Solar Steam Generation

‘Kapok fiber-PPy aerogels were prepared by using polypyrrole modification of the Ca2+ crosslinked kapok fiber aerogels. The kapok fiber-PPy aerogels show excellent light absorption, high porosity and mechanical strength’. As a solar steam generator a high energy conversion efficiency of 82.4% was obtained under 1 sun illumination.

Highly-efficient dye-sensitized solar cells with collaborative sensitization by silyl-anchor and carboxy-anchor dyes

2015 ◽  
Vol 51 (88) ◽  
pp. 15894-15897 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenji Kakiage ◽  
Yohei Aoyama ◽  
Toru Yano ◽  
Keiji Oya ◽  
Jun-ichi Fujisawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Energy Conversion ◽  
Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽  
Electric Energy ◽  
Energy Conversion Efficiency ◽  
High Light ◽  
Dye Sensitized ◽  
Highly Efficient ◽  
Sensitized Solar Cells

A collaborative sensitization by silyl-anchor and carboxy-anchor dyes (ADEKA-1 + LEG4) in dye-sensitized solar cells realized a high light-to-electric energy conversion efficiency of over 14% under one sun illumination.

First-principles study on the electronic and optical properties of the orthorhombic CsPbBr3 and CsPbI3 with Cmcm space group

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xianhao Zhao ◽  
Tianyu Tang ◽  
Quan Xie ◽  
like gao ◽  
Limin Lu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Optical Properties ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Energy Conversion ◽  
Conversion Efficiency ◽  
First Principles ◽  
Energy Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Space Group ◽  
Absorbing Materials ◽  
Halide Perovskites ◽  
Lead Halide

The cesium lead halide perovskites are regarded as effective candidates for light-absorbing materials in solar cells, which have shown excellent performances in experiments such as promising energy conversion efficiency. In...

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