Complementary enhanced solar thermal conversion performance of core-shell nanoparticles

• Published in: Applied energy Vol. 211; pp. 735 - 742
• Main Authors: Chen, Meijie, He, Yurong, Wang, Xinzhi, Hu, Yanwei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2018
• Subjects: absorption; Core-shell nanoparticle; Finite difference time domain; gold; mixing; nanofluids; nanogold; nanoparticles; Optical properties; silica; solar radiation; Solar thermal conversion; wavelengths; Solar thermal conversion; Finite difference time domain; Optical properties; Core-shell nanoparticle

•Optical properties of core-shell NPs were discussed systematically.•Absorption efficiency can be adjusted by the core-shell or mixing ratios of NPs.•Optimized parameters of the core-shell NPs for solar absorption were obtained.•Efficiency of Au-decorated SiO2 NPs was superior to Au NPs and SiO2 NPs...