Carbon Nanotubes Grown on the Carbon Fibers to Enhance the Photothermal Conversion toward Solar-Driven Applications

Liu, Huichao1; Huang, Gucheng1; Wang, Rong2; Huang, Liu3; Wang, Hongzhi4; Hu, Yanzhao1; Cong, Guangtao1; Bao, Feng1; Xu, Meng6; Zhu, Caizhen1; Xu, Jian1; Ji, Muwei1,5

2022-07-01

10.1021/acsami.2c07970

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces   Impact Factor & Quartile

1944-8244

1944-8252

Photothermal conversion is a directly, sustainable, and green path to use solar energy and the one of the most important keys is the photothermal conversion material. How to obtain the durable and effective material for photothermal conversion with low cost and facile preparation is still a great challenge. In this work, the carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are grown on the carbon fibers (CFs) via the catalysis of trapped Fe and Co. The absorption of the as-prepared CFs/CNTs illustrate the enhancement from the visible light to the near-infrared light range. The photothermal conversion characterization shows the grown CNTs promoting the higher surface temperature and the highest temperature reaches to about 325 degrees C under 10 sun irradiations. The water evaporation on the CFs/CNTs is measured 1.40 +/- 0.03 kgmiddotcm(-2)middot h(-1) under 1 sun irradiation and the water evaporation rate is also found depending on the irradiation density. The photothermal conversion applications and the water evaporation under natural irradiation also reveal the suitable candidate of the CFs/CNTs for photothermal conversion application. This work provides a facile path to obtain effective carbon-based materials for photothermal application.

photothermal enhancing carbon nanotubes carbon fi bers in-situ growing water evaporation

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National Natural Science Foundation of China["52173232","51973118","21805193"] ; Science and Technology Innovation Commission of Shenzhen["JCYJ20170818093832350","JCYJ20180507184711069","JCYJ20180305125319991","JCYJ20190808114803804","20200812104042001"] ; Key-Area Research and Develop- ment Program of Guangdong Province["2019B010929002","2019B010941001"] ; Program for Guangdong Introducing Innovative and Enterpreneurial Teams[2019ZT08C642]

Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Materials Science

Nanoscience & Nanotechnology ; Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

WOS:000829250600001

AMER CHEMICAL SOC

20223312580243

Carbon fibers ; Evaporation ; Infrared devices ; Irradiation ; Light ; Solar energy

Solar Energy and Phenomena:657.1 ; Light/Optics:741.1 ; Nanotechnology:761 ; Chemical Operations:802.3 ; Chemical Products Generally:804 ; Crystalline Solids:933.1

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1.Shenzhen Univ, Inst Low Dimens Mat Genome Initiat, Coll Chem & Environm Engn, Shenzhen 518060, Peoples R China
2.Southern Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Mech & Energy Engn, Shenzhen 518055, Peoples R China
3.Guangdong Pharmaceut Univ, Sch Chem & Chem Engn, Zhongshan 528458, Peoples R China
4.Univ Petr East China, Coll New Energy, State Key Lab Heavy Oil Proc, Qingdao 266580, Peoples R China
5.Shantou Univ, Coll Sci, Dept Chem, Shantou 515063, Peoples R China
6.Beijing Inst Technol, Expt Ctr Adv Mat, Sch Mat Sci & Engn, Beijing Key Lab Construct Tailorable Adv Funct Mat, Beijing 100081, Peoples R China

Liu, Huichao,Huang, Gucheng,Wang, Rong,et al. Carbon Nanotubes Grown on the Carbon Fibers to Enhance the Photothermal Conversion toward Solar-Driven Applications[J]. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces,2022,14(28):32404-32411.

Liu, Huichao.,Huang, Gucheng.,Wang, Rong.,Huang, Liu.,Wang, Hongzhi.,...&Ji, Muwei.(2022).Carbon Nanotubes Grown on the Carbon Fibers to Enhance the Photothermal Conversion toward Solar-Driven Applications.ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces,14(28),32404-32411.

Liu, Huichao,et al."Carbon Nanotubes Grown on the Carbon Fibers to Enhance the Photothermal Conversion toward Solar-Driven Applications".ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 14.28(2022):32404-32411.