Nitrogen doped hybrid carbon based composite dispersed nanofluids as working fluid for low-temperature direct absorption solar collectors

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 140, Issue , 2015, Pages 9-16

  Shende, Rashmi ^a   Sundara, Ramaprabhu ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Graphene; MWNTs; Nanofluids; Solar collectors; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY; COMPOSITE FILMS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); GRAPHENE; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOFLUIDICS; NITROGEN; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLVENTS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VOLUME FRACTION; YARN;

CARBON BASED COMPOSITES; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES; MWNTS; NANOFLUIDS; PERCOLATION NETWORKS; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO);

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS;

EID: 84926391069     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2015.03.012     Document Type: Article

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