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Results in Chemistry, 2020 Photothermal therapy has the advantages of low toxicity, short treatment time, strong controllability, outstanding therapeutic effect. The photothermal conversion efficiency of photothermal agents by converting light energy into heat energy is of great ...
Yurou Huang +4 more
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Recent advances in photothermal materials for solar-driven crude oil adsorption
Nanotechnology Reviews, 2022 In recent years, the adsorption method is usually adopted in the actual treatment of crude oil spills. However, the high viscosity of crude oils prevents them from diffusing into the internal pores of the adsorbent, resulting in ineffective oil capture ...
Li Jinyang +5 more
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Nanostructured Photothermal Materials for Environmental and Catalytic Applications
Molecules, 2021 Solar energy is a green and sustainable clean energy source. Its rational use can alleviate the energy crisis and environmental pollution. Directly converting solar energy into heat energy is the most efficient method among all solar conversion ...
Huige Chen, Run Shi, Tierui Zhang
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Switchable photothermal conversion efficiency for reprogrammable actuation
npj Flexible Electronics, 2023 Abstract Reprogrammable soft matter brings flexibility to soft robots so that they can display various motions, which is flourishing in soft robotics. However, the reprogramming of photoresponsive materials used in soft robots is time-consuming using existing methods.
Yongcheng He +7 more
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Recent Applications of Photothermal Conversion in Organic Synthesis. [PDF]
ACS Cent SciPhotothermal conversion is a novel heating method that has emerged in recent years, wherein certain species can convert light to heat with great efficiency. These photothermal agents have shown immense promise for generating nanoscale thermal gradients under mild, visible light irradiation, providing a pathway for combining photochemistry with ...
Matter ME, Tagnon C, Stache EE.
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Photothermal Conversion of Biodegradable Fluids And Carbon Black Nanofluids [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 Abstract The paper is devoted to the topic of direct absorption solar collectors (DASCs). The main focus is on comparing two kinds of working fluids that can be used in DASCs, namely carbon black nanofluids and biodegradable coffee colloids.
Kosinska, Anna Dorota +2 more
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Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 2023 Phase change materials are promising alternatives for solar energy harvesting by photothermal conversion and thermal energy storage. In this work, a shape-stabilized phase change material (PCM) was prepared by hot-melt blending of paraffin wax (PW), high-
Safna Nishad +3 more
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Photothermal Catalytic CO2 Conversion: Beyond Catalysis and Photocatalysis
Topics in Current Chemistry, 2023 AbstractIn recent years, the combination of both thermal and photochemical contributions has provided interesting opportunities for solar upgrading of catalytic processes. Photothermal catalysis works at the interface between purely photochemical processes, which involve the direct conversion of photon energy into chemical energy, and classical thermal
Fernando Fresno +2 more
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Colloidal CuFeS2 Nanocrystals: Intermediate Fe d-Band Leads to High Photothermal Conversion Efficiency [PDF]
, 2016 We describe the colloidal hot-injection synthesis of phase-pure nanocrystals (NCs) of a highly abundant mineral, chalcopyrite (CuFeS2). Absorption bands centered at around 480 and 950 nm, spanning almost the entire visible and near infrared regions ...
Almeida, G. +10 more
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Photoinduced Betaine Generation for Efficient Photothermal Energy Conversion [PDF]
Chemistry – A European Journal, 2020 AbstractThe conversion of solar energy to thermal, chemical, or electrical energy attracts great attention in chemistry and physics. There has been a considerable effort for the efficient extraction of photons throughout the entire solar spectrum. In this work light energy was efficiently harvested by using a long‐lived betaine photogenerated from an ...
Devika Sasikumar +2 more
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