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13-12-2012, 06:27 PM
Researchers at Rice University in Texas report on "Solar Generation Enabled
by Nanoparticles" in the American Chemical Society (ACS) Nano Journal.
The authors "show that this process can be used for solar-based direct steam generation, without the requirement of heating the liquid volume to the boiling point.
Submicrometer particles that can absorb light across the solar spectrum produce steam in a matter of seconds when dispersed in water and can achieve steam temperatures well above 100 °C in compact geometries."
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http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/nn304948h
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http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/nn304948h
by Nanoparticles" in the American Chemical Society (ACS) Nano Journal.
The authors "show that this process can be used for solar-based direct steam generation, without the requirement of heating the liquid volume to the boiling point.
Submicrometer particles that can absorb light across the solar spectrum produce steam in a matter of seconds when dispersed in water and can achieve steam temperatures well above 100 °C in compact geometries."
Hi-Res PDF [4683 KB] version of article here -
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/nn304948h
HTML version here -
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/nn304948h