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Dynamic tuning of optical absorbers for accelerated solar-thermal energy storage

Authors :
Zhongyong Wang
Zhen Tong
Qinxian Ye
Hang Hu
Xiao Nie
Chen Yan
Wen Shang
Chengyi Song
Jianbo Wu
Jun Wang
Hua Bao
Peng Tao
Tao Deng
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2017)
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2017.

Abstract

Solar-thermal energy storage based on phase-change materials suffers from slow thermal-diffusion-based charging. Here the authors alleviate this issue by introducing optical absorbers and controlling their distribution to accelerate charging process and thus improve solar-thermal energy conversion.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
8
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.2729b838e984a9e96003c58254628be
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01618-w