Interfacial solar-steam generation is a promising and cost-effective technology for both desalination and wastewater treatment.This process uses a photothermal evaporator to absorb sunlight and convert it into heat fo...Interfacial solar-steam generation is a promising and cost-effective technology for both desalination and wastewater treatment.This process uses a photothermal evaporator to absorb sunlight and convert it into heat for water evaporation.However solar-steam generation can be somewhat inefficient due to energy losses via conduction,convection and radiation.Thus,efficient energy management is crucial for optimizing the performance of solar-steam generation.Here,via elaborate design of the configuration of photothermal materials,as well as warm and cold evaporation surfaces,performance in solar evaporation was significantly enhanced.This was achieved via a simultaneous reduction in energy loss with a net increase in energy gain from the environment,and recycling of the latent heat released from vapor condensation,diffusive reflectance,thermal radiation and convection from the evaporation surface.Overall,by using the new strategy,an evaporation rate of 2.94 kg m^-2 h^-1,with a corresponding energy efficiency of solar-steam generation beyond theoretical limit was achieved.展开更多
A microporous platinum/fullerenes (Pt/C 60) counter electrode was prepared by using a facile rapid thermal decomposition method,and the quantum-dot sensitized solar cell (QDSSC) of Pt/C 60-TiO 2-CdS-ZnS and Pt/C 60-Ti...A microporous platinum/fullerenes (Pt/C 60) counter electrode was prepared by using a facile rapid thermal decomposition method,and the quantum-dot sensitized solar cell (QDSSC) of Pt/C 60-TiO 2-CdS-ZnS and Pt/C 60-TiO 2-CdTe-ZnS was fabrication.The technique forms a good contact between QDs and TiO 2 films.The photovoltaic performances of the as-prepared cells were investigated.The QDSSCs with Pt/C 60 counter electrode show high power conversion efficiency of 1.90% and 2.06%,respectively (under irradiation of a simulated solar light with an intensity of 100 mW cm 2),which is comparable to the one fabricated using conventional Pt electrode.展开更多
基金financial support from Australian Research Council(ARC Future Fellowship FT190100485)University of South Australia(Foundation Fellow)China Scholarship Council and Huasheng Graphite Co.,Ltd。
文摘Interfacial solar-steam generation is a promising and cost-effective technology for both desalination and wastewater treatment.This process uses a photothermal evaporator to absorb sunlight and convert it into heat for water evaporation.However solar-steam generation can be somewhat inefficient due to energy losses via conduction,convection and radiation.Thus,efficient energy management is crucial for optimizing the performance of solar-steam generation.Here,via elaborate design of the configuration of photothermal materials,as well as warm and cold evaporation surfaces,performance in solar evaporation was significantly enhanced.This was achieved via a simultaneous reduction in energy loss with a net increase in energy gain from the environment,and recycling of the latent heat released from vapor condensation,diffusive reflectance,thermal radiation and convection from the evaporation surface.Overall,by using the new strategy,an evaporation rate of 2.94 kg m^-2 h^-1,with a corresponding energy efficiency of solar-steam generation beyond theoretical limit was achieved.
基金supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (2009AA03Z217)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (90922028 and 51002053)
文摘A microporous platinum/fullerenes (Pt/C 60) counter electrode was prepared by using a facile rapid thermal decomposition method,and the quantum-dot sensitized solar cell (QDSSC) of Pt/C 60-TiO 2-CdS-ZnS and Pt/C 60-TiO 2-CdTe-ZnS was fabrication.The technique forms a good contact between QDs and TiO 2 films.The photovoltaic performances of the as-prepared cells were investigated.The QDSSCs with Pt/C 60 counter electrode show high power conversion efficiency of 1.90% and 2.06%,respectively (under irradiation of a simulated solar light with an intensity of 100 mW cm 2),which is comparable to the one fabricated using conventional Pt electrode.
