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description Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2021Publisher:Elsevier BV Yisu Xu; Zhifu Qi; Zhouyang Luo; Zhen Shen; Chenxi Li; Guo Chen; Wenyi Cai; Hua Bao; Chang-Ching Tu;Abstract We demonstrate solar steam generation with high evaporation rates and extraction of dry salts from solutions by using water-repellent germanium nanoparticles (GeNPs)-coated oxidized copper foams (CFs) as light absorbers and heat concentrators. The CF surface was first oxidized into black CuO, then dip-coated with colloidal GeNPs for enhancing infrared absorption, and lastly treated with perfluoroalkyl silane to render hydrophobicity. The CF can absorb more than 95% of the AM1.5G solar irradiance spectrum, for heating up a water-permeated cellulose paper underneath to generate steam which is then evacuated through the CF's interconnected pores. Furthermore, due to the CF's high thermal conductivity, the heat generated in the peripheral region can be efficiently concentrated to the center where the water evaporates. With the light-absorbing CF area about 7 times larger than the water-evaporating cellulose paper and the convective heat loss mitigated by an acrylic cover, under one sun solar irradiance, the CF temperature can reach 70 °C, resulting in an evaporation rate as high as 3.2 kg m−2 h−1. Moreover, when a NaCl solution is used for the heat-concentrating evaporation inside an enclosed system in which the water condensate is recycled, readily useful dry salts are formed and can be harvested from the hydrophobic CF surface, while the bulk solution is gradually desalinized.
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handle: 10281/353491 , 10278/3755647 , 11568/1129844 , 11311/1197339 , 11585/879499 , 10754/675369 , 11343/337118
Fair and meaningful device per- formance comparison among luminescent solar concentrator- photovoltaic (LSC-PV) reports cannot be realized without a gen- eral consensus on reporting stan- dards in LSC-PV research. There- fore, it is imperative to adopt standardized characterization protocols for these emerging types of PV devices that are consistent with other PV devices. This commentary highlights several common limitations in LSC literature and summarizes the best practices moving for- ward to harmonize with standard PV reporting, considering the greater nuances present with LSC-PV. Based on these prac- tices, a checklist of actionable items is provided to help stan- dardize the characterization/re- porting protocols and offer a set of baseline expectations for au- thors, reviewers, and editors. The general consensus combined with the checklist will ultimately guide LSC-PV research towards reliable and meaningful ad- vances.
Caltech Authors arrow_drop_down King Abdullah University of Science and Technology: KAUST RepositoryArticle . 2022License: CC BY NC NDData sources: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)The University of Melbourne: Digital RepositoryArticle . 2022License: CC BYFull-Text: http://hdl.handle.net/11343/337118Data sources: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)Caltech Authors (California Institute of Technology)Article . 2022Full-Text: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2021.12.004Data sources: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)KITopen (Karlsruhe Institute of Technologie)Article . 2022Data sources: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)JouleArticle . 2022License: taverneData sources: Eindhoven University of Technology Research PortalUniversitätsbibliographie, Universität Duisburg-EssenArticle . 2022Data sources: Universitätsbibliographie, Universität Duisburg-Essenadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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description Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2021Publisher:Elsevier BV Yisu Xu; Zhifu Qi; Zhouyang Luo; Zhen Shen; Chenxi Li; Guo Chen; Wenyi Cai; Hua Bao; Chang-Ching Tu;Abstract We demonstrate solar steam generation with high evaporation rates and extraction of dry salts from solutions by using water-repellent germanium nanoparticles (GeNPs)-coated oxidized copper foams (CFs) as light absorbers and heat concentrators. The CF surface was first oxidized into black CuO, then dip-coated with colloidal GeNPs for enhancing infrared absorption, and lastly treated with perfluoroalkyl silane to render hydrophobicity. The CF can absorb more than 95% of the AM1.5G solar irradiance spectrum, for heating up a water-permeated cellulose paper underneath to generate steam which is then evacuated through the CF's interconnected pores. Furthermore, due to the CF's high thermal conductivity, the heat generated in the peripheral region can be efficiently concentrated to the center where the water evaporates. With the light-absorbing CF area about 7 times larger than the water-evaporating cellulose paper and the convective heat loss mitigated by an acrylic cover, under one sun solar irradiance, the CF temperature can reach 70 °C, resulting in an evaporation rate as high as 3.2 kg m−2 h−1. Moreover, when a NaCl solution is used for the heat-concentrating evaporation inside an enclosed system in which the water condensate is recycled, readily useful dry salts are formed and can be harvested from the hydrophobic CF surface, while the bulk solution is gradually desalinized.
Solar Energy Materia... arrow_drop_down Solar Energy Materials and Solar CellsArticle . 2021 . Peer-reviewedLicense: Elsevier TDMData sources: Crossrefadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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You have already added works in your ORCID record related to the merged Research product.All Research productsarrow_drop_down <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- document.write('<div id="oa_widget"></div>'); document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="https://beta.openaire.eu/index.php?option=com_openaire&view=widget&format=raw&projectId=10.1016/j.solmat.2021.111191&type=result"></script>'); --> </script>For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eu11 citations 11 popularity Top 10% influence Average impulse Top 10% Powered by BIP!more_vert Solar Energy Materia... arrow_drop_down Solar Energy Materials and Solar CellsArticle . 2021 . Peer-reviewedLicense: Elsevier TDMData sources: Crossrefadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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You have already added works in your ORCID record related to the merged Research product.All Research productsarrow_drop_down <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- document.write('<div id="oa_widget"></div>'); document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="https://beta.openaire.eu/index.php?option=com_openaire&view=widget&format=raw&projectId=10.1016/j.solmat.2021.111191&type=result"></script>'); --> </script>For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type , Report 2022Embargo end date: 21 Jan 2023 Germany, Saudi Arabia, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Germany, Italy, Italy, Australia, Italy, ItalyPublisher:Elsevier BV Funded by:NSF | Invisible Luminescent Sol..., ARC | ARC Future Fellowships - ..., NSF | MRSEC: UW Molecular Engin...NSF| Invisible Luminescent Solar Concentrators ,ARC| ARC Future Fellowships - Grant ID: FT210100210 ,NSF| MRSEC: UW Molecular Engineering Materials CenterChenchen Yang; Harry A. Atwater; Marc A. Baldo; Derya Baran; Christopher J. Barile; Miles C. Barr; Matthew Bates; Moungi G. Bawendi; Matthew R. Bergren; Babak Borhan; Christoph J. Brabec; Sergio Brovelli; Vladimir Bulović; Paola Ceroni; Michael G. Debije; Jose-Maria Delgado-Sanchez; Wen-Ji Dong; Phillip M. Duxbury; Rachel C. Evans; Stephen R. Forrest; Daniel R. Gamelin; Noel C. Giebink; Xiao Gong; Gianmarco Griffini; Fei Guo; Christopher K. Herrera; Anita W.Y. Ho-Baillie; Russell J. Holmes; Sung-Kyu Hong; Thomas Kirchartz; Benjamin G. Levine; Hongbo Li; Yilin Li; Dianyi Liu; Maria A. Loi; Christine K. Luscombe; Nikolay S. Makarov; Fahad Mateen; Raffaello Mazzaro; Hunter McDaniel; Michael D. McGehee; Francesco Meinardi; Amador Menéndez-Velázquez; Jie Min; David B. Mitzi; Mehdi Moemeni; Jun Hyuk Moon; Andrew Nattestad; Mohammad K. Nazeeruddin; Ana F. Nogueira; Ulrich W. Paetzold; David L. Patrick; Andrea Pucci; Barry P. Rand; Elsa Reichmanis; Bryce S. Richards; Jean Roncali; Federico Rosei; Timothy W. Schmidt; Franky So; Chang-Ching Tu; Aria Vahdani; Wilfried G.J.H.M. van Sark; Rafael Verduzco; Alberto Vomiero; Wallace W.H. Wong; Kaifeng Wu; Hin-Lap Yip; Xiaowei Zhang; Haiguang Zhao; Richard R. Lunt;handle: 10281/353491 , 10278/3755647 , 11568/1129844 , 11311/1197339 , 11585/879499 , 10754/675369 , 11343/337118
handle: 10281/353491 , 10278/3755647 , 11568/1129844 , 11311/1197339 , 11585/879499 , 10754/675369 , 11343/337118
Fair and meaningful device per- formance comparison among luminescent solar concentrator- photovoltaic (LSC-PV) reports cannot be realized without a gen- eral consensus on reporting stan- dards in LSC-PV research. There- fore, it is imperative to adopt standardized characterization protocols for these emerging types of PV devices that are consistent with other PV devices. This commentary highlights several common limitations in LSC literature and summarizes the best practices moving for- ward to harmonize with standard PV reporting, considering the greater nuances present with LSC-PV. Based on these prac- tices, a checklist of actionable items is provided to help stan- dardize the characterization/re- porting protocols and offer a set of baseline expectations for au- thors, reviewers, and editors. The general consensus combined with the checklist will ultimately guide LSC-PV research towards reliable and meaningful ad- vances.
Caltech Authors arrow_drop_down King Abdullah University of Science and Technology: KAUST RepositoryArticle . 2022License: CC BY NC NDData sources: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)The University of Melbourne: Digital RepositoryArticle . 2022License: CC BYFull-Text: http://hdl.handle.net/11343/337118Data sources: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)Caltech Authors (California Institute of Technology)Article . 2022Full-Text: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2021.12.004Data sources: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)KITopen (Karlsruhe Institute of Technologie)Article . 2022Data sources: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)JouleArticle . 2022License: taverneData sources: Eindhoven University of Technology Research PortalUniversitätsbibliographie, Universität Duisburg-EssenArticle . 2022Data sources: Universitätsbibliographie, Universität Duisburg-Essenadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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