A5025621682- Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems
- Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods
- Heat Transfer and Optimization
- Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies
- Phase Change Materials Research
- Heat Transfer Mechanisms
- Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
- Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer
- Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices
- Plasma Applications and Diagnostics
- Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
- Plasma Diagnostics and Applications
- Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies
- Thermal properties of materials
- Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Media
- Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions
- Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation
- Membrane Separation Technologies
- Fuel Cells and Related Materials
- Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
- Fluid Dynamics and Mixing
- Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
- Nanomaterials and Printing Technologies
- Innovative Energy Harvesting Technologies
- Aerogels and thermal insulation
Dalian Maritime University
2013-2024
Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute
2024
Monash University
2024
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2015-2021
Institute of Process Engineering
2021
Chinese Academy of Sciences
2021
Henan University of Technology
2019-2020
Metal Matrix Cast Composites (United States)
2017
State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites
2017
National Taiwan University
2010
The plasmonic heating effect of noble nanoparticles has recently received tremendous attention for various important applications. Herein, we report the utilization interfacial heating-assisted evaporation efficient and facile solar-thermal energy harvest. An airlaid paper-supported gold nanoparticle thin film was placed at thermal conversion region within a sealed chamber to convert solar into energy. generated instantly vaporizes water underneath hot vapors that quickly diffuse release...
A paper-based reduced graphene oxide composite membrane is integrated with a floating silicone-based thermal insulation layer for high-efficiency, fast-response solar-driven interfacial evaporation under one-sun illumination.
Magnetically-accelerated optical charging doubles solar-thermal energy harvesting rates while fully maintaining the storage capacity of high-temperature molten salt phase change materials.
The heat packs that are based on solid–liquid transition of phase-changing materials (PCMs) have been pursued as a promising way to provide heating for human body comfort and thermotherapy owning their large storage capacity near-constant heat-release temperature. Current packs, however, suffer from leakage, slow charging, poor performance due the flow liquid PCMs low thermal conductivity. Here, we report strategy preparing high-performance PCM-based solar through impregnating organic within...
Roll-to-roll charging of flexible composite phase change materials enables fast solar-thermal energy harvesting within bulk storage media.
Superheated solar steam generation above 100 °C is critical for many important applications such as sterilization but challenging to achieve under natural fluctuating low-flux illumination and often requires pressurization the usage of expensive optical concentrators. Herein, we demonstrate superheated ambient pressure by integrating a recently emerged interfacial evaporation design into vacuum tube. Within tube, water vapor, which generated high-efficiency localized heating-based...
As the electronic technology becomes increasingly integrated and miniaturized, thermal management has become a major challenge for device applications. A heat pipe is highly efficient two-phase transfer device. Due to its simple structure, high conductivity good temperature uniformity, it been used in many different industrial fields. novel aluminum flat pipe, with micro-grooves, present work designed fabricated by using 3D printing technology. Aluminum powder was as raw material, which...
Solar steam generation is critical for many important solar-thermal applications, but challenging to achieve under low solar flux due the large evaporation enthalpy of water. Here, we demonstrate a three-dimensional porous solar-driven interfacial evaporator that can generate 100 °C 1 sun illumination with record high solar-to-steam conversion efficiency 48%. The achieved by localizing heating at surface and controlling water supply onto through tuning its wettability, which prevents...
As flexible electronic technologies rapidly developed with a requirement for multifunction, miniaturization, and high power density, effective thermal management has become an increasingly important issue. The oscillating heat pipe, as promising technology, was used to dissipate fluxes had wide range of applications. In this paper, we reported the fabrication transfer performance evaluation polymer-based pipe (FOHP) prepared using 3D printing technology. 3D-printed inner surface presented...
Solar energy as an abundant renewable resource has been investigated for many years. thermoelectric conversion technology, which converts solar into thermal and then electricity, developed implemented in important fields. The operation of solar-thermal-electric systems, however, is strongly affected by the intermittency radiation, requires installation storage subsystems. In this work, we demonstrated a new system that consists converter rapidly charging subsystem. A magnetic-responsive...
Due to its large latent heat and high energy storage capacity, paraffin as one of the phase change materials (PCMs) has been widely applied in many energy-related applications recent years. The current paraffin, however, are limited by low thermal conductivity leakage problem. To address these issues, we designed fabricated form-stable composite PCMs impregnating organic within graphite-coated copper foams. foam was prepared sintering multilayer meshes, graphite nanoparticles were deposited...
This paper demonstrates a facile solar steam generator for the generation of high-temperature at ambient pressure. The consists coiled copper tube (CCT) that serves as both collector and vapor heater. Both inner outer surfaces CCT are coated with black superhydrophobic oxide layer to improve absorption, such prevents condensation clogging water during heating process. Solar is generated inlet through interfacial evaporation subsequently heated inside travels from outlet. By employing this...
The use of cutting fluid containing nano particles in wet grinding and MQL Ti-6A1-4V is studied. For comparison purpose, experiments by applying the general purpose water-based are also conducted. loading wheel morphology ground surface observed, forces roughness measured for analysis. It found that results less better as compared with those because smaller coefficient friction originated from “lotus effect” particles. leads to than grinding. This attributed possibility more effectively...
Vertically aligned carbon nanotube (VACNT) films with high thermal conductance and mechanical compliance offer an attractive combination of properties for interface applications. In current work, VACNT synthesized by the chemical vapor deposition method were used as material (TIM) investigated experimentally. The liquid metal alloy (LMA) melting point 59 °C was bonding to attach onto copper plates. order enhance contact area LMA surface, wettability surface modified plasma treatment....
With the rapid development of electronic technologies towards high integration, power and miniaturization, thermal management has become an increasingly important issue to guarantee reliability service life devices. The oscillating heat pipe (OHP), which was governed by thermally excited motion, considered as a promising technology dissipate high-density had excellent application prospects in many industrial processes. A flat-plate OHP, however, fabricated traditional welding methods, were...