Silver nanofluids based broadband solar absorber through tuning nanosilver geometries
Silver nanofluids based broadband solar absorber through tuning nanosilver geometries
This work explores the strategy for increasing the efficiency of solar thermal energy capture by the utilisation of a blended mixture of plasmonic silver nanofluids in a direct absorption solar collector. For the first time, a broadband absorber based on combining three silver-based nanofluids, each with a tailored plasmonic response covering a different wavelength range, was designed and synthesised. The potential efficiency of this broadband absorber was estimated from the UV–Vis–IR spectra and from direct measurement of the temperature rise obtained in static tests in a solar simulator. The results from the two methods were comparable. The broadband absorber was shown to increase the efficiency of capture compared to the component nanofluids and compared to water. The temperature rise in the solar simulator for the broadband mixture was more than four times that of water and the photo-thermal conversion efficiency was approximately 85%, demonstrating the promise of this mixture for enhancing solar energy capture. However, this work also illustrates the potential issues with utilising silver for solar applications, namely the change in morphology and UV–Vis–IR spectra with light exposure. A suitable stabilisation or coating strategy would hence be required to use this developed broadband absorber in solar energy applications.
Broadband solar absorber;, Nanofluids, Plasmonic, Silver nanodiscs, Silver nanoprisms;, Stability
515-526
Kimpton, Harriet Jill
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Stulz, Eugen
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Zhang, Xunli
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15 September 2020
Kimpton, Harriet Jill
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Stulz, Eugen
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Zhang, Xunli
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Kimpton, Harriet Jill, Stulz, Eugen and Zhang, Xunli
(2020)
Silver nanofluids based broadband solar absorber through tuning nanosilver geometries.
Solar Energy, 208, .
(doi:10.1016/j.solener.2020.08.018).
Abstract
This work explores the strategy for increasing the efficiency of solar thermal energy capture by the utilisation of a blended mixture of plasmonic silver nanofluids in a direct absorption solar collector. For the first time, a broadband absorber based on combining three silver-based nanofluids, each with a tailored plasmonic response covering a different wavelength range, was designed and synthesised. The potential efficiency of this broadband absorber was estimated from the UV–Vis–IR spectra and from direct measurement of the temperature rise obtained in static tests in a solar simulator. The results from the two methods were comparable. The broadband absorber was shown to increase the efficiency of capture compared to the component nanofluids and compared to water. The temperature rise in the solar simulator for the broadband mixture was more than four times that of water and the photo-thermal conversion efficiency was approximately 85%, demonstrating the promise of this mixture for enhancing solar energy capture. However, this work also illustrates the potential issues with utilising silver for solar applications, namely the change in morphology and UV–Vis–IR spectra with light exposure. A suitable stabilisation or coating strategy would hence be required to use this developed broadband absorber in solar energy applications.
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Accepted/In Press date: 7 August 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 15 August 2020
Published date: 15 September 2020
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The authors acknowledge the support of the EPSRC-funded CDT in Energy Storage and Its Applications and the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences both at the University of Southampton. They would especially like to thank Thomas Mercier for his assistance with the lamp intensity measurements using the ReRA system calibrated PV cell, and Associate Professor Dmitry Bavykin and Professor Andrew Cruden for their valuable discussions.
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© 2020 International Solar Energy Society
Keywords:
Broadband solar absorber;, Nanofluids, Plasmonic, Silver nanodiscs, Silver nanoprisms;, Stability
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Local EPrints ID: 443285
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/443285
ISSN: 0038-092X
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