Enhancement of photo-thermal conversion using gold nanofluids with different particle sizes

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 112, Issue , 2016, Pages 21-30

  Chen, Meijie ^a   He, Yurong ^a   Zhu, Jiaqi ^a   Kim, Dong Rip ^b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gold nanofluids; Photo thermal conversion; Plasmonic nanoparticle; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; GEOMETRY; GOLD; GOLD ALLOYS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASMONS; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

DIFFERENT PARTICLE SIZES; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; MODIFICATION OF OPTICAL PROPERTIES; NANOFLUIDS; PARTICLE SIZE DEPENDENCE; PHOTO-THERMAL CONVERSIONS; PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLE; THERMODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84954421433     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2016.01.009     Document Type: Article

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