Journal
SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS
Volume 200, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2019.109980
Keywords
Phase change material; Paraffin; Microcapsule; Heat transfer fluid; Photo-thermal conversion performance
Funding
- Planning Project of Application Research for Public Service Technology of Zhejiang Province [LGG18E060002]
- Key Research and Development Project of YiWu [2017-Z-09]
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In this study, a novel microencapsulated phase change material paraffin@Cu-Cu2O/CNTs was successfully prepared by hydrothermal reduction and in situ deposition method, in which paraffin as the core, Cu, Cu2O and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as the shell. SEM and TEM results proved that the microcapsules have a core-shell structure, the CNTs were irregularly wrapped on the shell, and the diameter of the microcapsules was about 600-800 nm. The melting temperature and latent heat of the paraffin@Cu-Cu2O/CNTs microcapsules were 61.17 degrees C and 81.314 1 , respectively, and the encapsulation rate of the microcapsules was calculated to be 41.53% from the results of the DSC measurement. Due to the shell material, the paraffin@Cu-Cu2O/CNTs microcapsules displayed excellent thermal stability, its thermal decomposition temperature is increased by 97 degrees C compared to paraffin. Moreover, the paraffin@Cu-Cu2O/CNTs microcapsules were dispersed in water to form a new kind of slurry, such fluid exhibited great improvement in terms of thermal conductivity, specific heat capacity, light absorption performance and photo-thermal conversion efficiency than that of paraffin@Cu-Cu2O microcapsules slurry. Therefore, the high heat storage capability and excellent photo-thermal conversion performance of the paraffin@Cu-Cu2O/CNTs microcapsule slurry make it to be the most potential heat transfer fluid for direct absorption solar collector.
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