Ultrahigh specific surface area of graphene for eliminating subcooling of water

Applied Energy

Volumn 130, Issue , 2014, Pages 824-829

  Li, Xing ^a   Chen, Ying ^a   Cheng, Zhengdong ^a,b,c   Jia, Lisi ^d   Mo, Songping ^a   Liu, Zhuowei ^a  

^a GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aqueous graphene nanofluids; Freezing characteristic; Phase change materials; Specific surface area; Subcooling degree

Indexed keywords

FREEZING; NANOFLUIDICS; NANOPARTICLES; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

HEAT AND ELECTRICITY; HEAT OF PHASE TRANSITIONS; NANOFLUIDS; OPTICAL TRANSPARENCY; OXIDE NANOPARTICLES; SUBCOOLINGS; SUSPENSION STABILITY; VERY LOW MASS;

GRAPHENE;

ALKENE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COOLING; FRACTIONATION; FREEZING; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; OPTICAL PROPERTY; OXIDE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84904808114     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.02.032     Document Type: Article

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