Solar thermal harvesting based on self-doped nanocermet: Structural merits, design strategies and applications

C Wang, W Li, Z Li, B Fang - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Nanocermet is a promising candidate for solar thermal applications and can be
commercialized owing to its excellent photothermal conversion efficiencies, controllable …

[HTML][HTML] Overview of surface engineering technology to improve the energy efficiency in concentrated solar power (CSP) plants

S Dosta, L Betancor, C Barreneche - Solar Energy Materials and Solar …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Thermal energy storage (TES) technologies have been selected as key enabling
technologies to mitigate climate change and to assess renewable energy deployment …

Self-powered photodetector for ultralow power density UV sensing

J Meng, Q Li, J Huang, C Pan, Z Li - Nano Today, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Ultralow power density UV sensing is crucial to application in military and civilian fields.
However, it is still confronted with a low signal-to-noise ratio and long response/recovery …

A review of spectral controlling for renewable energy harvesting and conserving

Z Wu, J Wang, Y Liu, S Hou, X Liu, Q Zhang… - Materials Today …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Exploiting renewable energy is an extremely effective strategy for alleviating and addressing
the energy issues. To effectively harvest renewable energy, the investigations of …

Mn0. 6Ni1. 4Co2Oy micro-nano tower structure with tunable spectral selectivity interface for infrared stealth and solar selective coating application

Y Zhang, G Feng, S Tan, M Zhou, W Gu, X Guan… - Progress in Organic …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
In order to make full use of solar energy and solve the problem of functional incompatibility
between solar and infrared spectra, the present work has cleverly aimed at the problem by …

Effect of interlayer design on the mechanical properties of AlTiCrN and multilayered AlTiCrN/TiSiN hard coatings

YY Chang, YJ Yang, SY Weng - Surface and Coatings Technology, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The adhesion strength and mechanical properties of hard coatings on substrates can be
improved by adding an interlayer, which is also known as an adhesion, buffer, or seed layer …

A new strategy towards spectral selectivity: Selective leaching alloy to achieve selective plasmonic solar absorption and infrared suppression

Y Tian, X Liu, A Caratenuto, J Li, S Zhou, R Ran… - Nano Energy, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Cost-effective and spectrally selective solar absorbers that possess high solar absorptance,
low thermal emittance, and superior thermal stability are essential for photothermal …

Flexible hybrid photo-thermoelectric generator based on single thermoelectric effect for simultaneously harvesting thermal and radiation energies

DL Wen, X Liu, JF Bao, GK Li, T Feng… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
Wearable electronic devices have great potential in the fields of the Internet of Things (IoT),
sports and entertainment, and healthcare, and they are essential in advancing the …

Spectrally selective absorption coatings and their applications: A review

Z Ding, C Qi, Y Wang, J Tu, C Wang, X Du - … Energy Technologies and …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Due to the depletion of fossil energy sources and their harm to the environment, renewable
energies are gradually becoming indispensable for the future development of society. Solar …

General and scalable fabrication of plasmonic solar selective absorbers by electrodeposition

M Chen, S Li, H Yan - Applied Physics Letters, 2023‏ - pubs.aip.org
Spectrally selective and thermally stable solar absorber attracts lot of attention in solar
desalination and other solar thermal applications. Fabricating stable solar selective …