Solar steam generation by heat localization

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Ghasemi, Hadi ^a   Ni, George ^a   Marconnet, Amy Marie ^a,b   Loomis, James ^a   Yerci, Selcuk ^a,c   Miljkovic, Nenad ^a   Chen, Gang ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

^c MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEAT PRODUCTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; POROUS MEDIUM; SOLAR POWER;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; EVAPORATION; FLUID FLOW; HEAT; HEAT LOSS; ILLUMINATION; LIQUID; LOW TEMPERATURE; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR STEAM GENERATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84904675685     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5449     Document Type: Article

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