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Tunable optical properties of ATO-CuO hybrid nanofluids and the application as spectral beam splitters

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  • Xiao, Yang
  • Tian, Wenshuang
  • Yu, Linfeng
  • Chen, Meijie
  • Zheng, Xiong
  • Qin, Guangzhao

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Nanofluids containing metal nanoparticles have promising application prospects in the spectral beam splitters (SBSs) of photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) setups on the merits of the tunable spectral absorption characteristic and relatively low price. While the existing nanofluid-based SBSs show some difficulties in large-scale industrial applications, such as their poor stability, sophisticated manufacturing process, etc. In this paper, a cheap and stable hybrid nanofluid containing antimony tin oxide (ATO) and cupric oxide (CuO) nanoparticles has proven to be a good candidate for SBSs. ATO has high absorption in the infrared region while CuO shows strong absorption for ultraviolet and visible light, so ATO and CuO nanoparticles have complementary optical properties and the spectral absorption of ATO-CuO hybrid nanofluids is expected to be effectively regulated by adjusting nanoparticles’ composition. Meanwhile, the increase in nanoparticle concentration can enhance the light absorption ability of hybrid nanofluids in the full spectrum. The hybrid nanofluid SBS with a 5:5 ATO:CuO mass ratio and 200 ppm concentration proves to perform best and the merit function is as high as 1.679 (worth factor is 3), which is highly competitive among the metal-based nanofluid SBSs from literature.

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  • Xiao, Yang & Tian, Wenshuang & Yu, Linfeng & Chen, Meijie & Zheng, Xiong & Qin, Guangzhao, 2024. "Tunable optical properties of ATO-CuO hybrid nanofluids and the application as spectral beam splitters," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 289(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:289:y:2024:i:c:s0360544223033583
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2023.129964
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