Performance evaluation of nanofluids in solar thermal and solar photovoltaic systems: A comprehensive review

SP Tembhare, DP Barai, BA Bhanvase - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanofluids, due to their superior thermal properties, have immense applications in heat
transfer process. In view of this, nanofluids, as working fluids in solar thermal systems, have …

[HTML][HTML] Novel receiver-enhanced solar vapor generation: review and perspectives

A Raza, JY Lu, S Alzaim, H Li, TJ Zhang - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
Efficient solar vapor/steam generation is important for various applications ranging from
power generation, cooling, desalination systems to compact and portable devices like …

Direct solar vapor generation with micro‐3D printed hydrogel device

AS Alketbi, A Raza, M Sajjad, H Li, F AlMarzooqi… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Direct solar vapor generation (SVG) provides a sustainable and eco‐friendly solution to the
current global water scarcity challenges. However, existing SVG systems operating under …

Photothermal boiling in aqueous nanofluids

ET Ulset, P Kosinski, Y Zabednova, OV Zhdaneev… - Nano Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
The process of photothermal evaporation in nanofluids finds promising applications in solar
energetics, medicine and process technology. Previous studies report highly efficient …

Highly efficient solar steam generation by hybrid plasmonic structured TiN/mesoporous anodized alumina membrane

Y Bian, K Tang, Z Xu, J Ma, Y Shen, L Hao… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - cambridge.org
Given the global water challenges, solar-driven steam generation has become a renewed
topic recently as an energy-efficient way for clean water production. Here, a hybrid …

Investigation on the correlation between solar absorption and the size of non-metallic nanoparticles

Y Liu, G Sun, D Wu, S Dong - Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 2019 - Springer
Solar heating with nanoparticles (NPs) exhibits great potential for photo thermal
applications, such as direct absorption solar collector and photovoltaic photothermal system …

Conversion of solar radiation into vapor: New possibilities offered by nanomaterials

AS Dmitriev, AV Klimenko - Thermal Engineering, 2020 - Springer
The current state in converting solar radiation into steam using nanotechnologies and
nanomaterials is considered. The main attention is paid to the use of novel nanostructured …

Hybrid graphene metasurface for near-infrared absorbers

MM Rahman, A Raza, H Younes, A AlGhaferi… - Optics …, 2019 - opg.optica.org
We experimentally demonstrated an amorphous graphene-based metasurface yielding near-
infrared super absorber characteristic. The structure is obtained by alternatively combining …

Manufacturable novel nanogrease with superb physical properties

H Younes, D Lou, H Hong, H Chen, H Liu… - Nanomanufacturing and …, 2021 - Springer
High-performance nanogrease manufactured from carbon nanomaterials is observed to be
stable and homogeneous and have superb physical properties, such as thermal and …

[HTML][HTML] Freshwater Production Towards Microgrid Integration: Physics, Progress, and Prospects of Solar-Thermal Evaporation

MM Hasan, B Agili, I Zaman, M He… - Cleaner Energy Systems, 2022 - Elsevier
Solar-thermal evaporation is an ancient system that generates thermal-induced vapor
utilizing solar energy, which is renewable, clean, and has negligible environmental …