THERMAL SCIENCE

International Scientific Journal

Lingling Wang

,

Guihua Zhu

,

Long Shen

,

Wei Yu

,

Dahai Zhu

,

Yingchun Zhang

,

Liye Zhang

,

Huaqing Xie

ENHANCED SOLAR ENERGY ABSORPTION ON NITROGEN-DOPED CARBON NANOTUBES DECORATED WITH GOLD-PALLADIUM BIMETALLIC NANOPARTICLES

ABSTRACT
Gold-palladium alloy nanoparticles decorated on nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes (Au-Pd/N-CNTs) were prepared by using poly ethylene imine (PEI) reduction method. PEI acts as not only a stabilizing agent, but also a reducing agent, leading to nucleation and growth of nanoparticles (NPs) on the NCNTs surfaces. All the N-CNTs-based nanofluids show broadband absorption across the visible region and near-infrared region. The Au-Pd/N-CNTs nanofluids absorb more solar irradiation compared with monometallic Pd/N-CNTs or Au/N-CNTs nanofluid. The photothermal conversion efficiency of Au-Pd/N-CNTs nanofluids is 62.3%, compared with 53.3% and 57% for Pd/N-CNTs and Au/N-CNTs respectively. This enhancement was mainly due to the synergetic effects of N-CNTs and Au-Pd alloy NPs.
KEYWORDS
nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes, solar thermal, plasmonic nanoparticles, photo-thermal conversion
PAPER SUBMITTED: 2017-06-20
PAPER REVISED: 2017-12-02
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2017-12-04
PUBLISHED ONLINE: 2018-02-18
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI170620055W
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THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR 2018, VOLUME 22, ISSUE Supplement 2, PAGES [S701 - S708]
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