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Journal Articles Nanomaterials Year : 2021

Multifunctional Magnetic Nanocolloids for Hybrid Solar-Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting

Abstract

Present environmental issues force the research to explore radically new concepts in sustainable and renewable energy production. In the present work, a functional fluid consisting of a stable colloidal suspension of maghemite magnetic nanoparticles in water was characterized from the points of view of thermoelectrical and optical properties, to evaluate its potential for direct electricity generation from thermoelectric effect enabled by the absorption of sunlight. These nanoparticles were found to be an excellent solar radiation absorber and simultaneously a thermoelectric power-output enhancer with only a very small volume fraction when the fluid was heated from the top. These findings demonstrate the investigated nanofluid's high promise as a heat transfer fluid for co-generating heat and power in brand new hybrid flat-plate solar thermal collectors where top-heating geometry is imposed.
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hal-03215435 , version 1 (03-05-2021)

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Elisa Sani, Maria Raffaella Martina, Thomas J Salez, Sawako Nakamae, Emmanuelle Dubois, et al.. Multifunctional Magnetic Nanocolloids for Hybrid Solar-Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting. Nanomaterials, 2021, 11 (4), pp.1031. ⟨10.3390/nano11041031⟩. ⟨hal-03215435⟩
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