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

oleh: 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

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2017-11-01

Deskripsi

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.