Hybrid nanomaterial-based nanofluids for micropower generation

RSC Advances

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2433-2439

  He, Yuan ^a   Vasiraju, Shiva ^a   Que, Long ^a  

^a LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; HYBRID NANOMATERIALS; MICRO POWER GENERATOR; MICROPOWER GENERATION; OPTICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; POLYSTYRENE SULFONATE; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON; TEMPERATURE INCREASE;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84890285596     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c3ra44259d     Document Type: Article

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