High-efficiency solar thermoelectric conversion enabled by movable charging of molten salts

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 20500 - 8
• Main Authors: Chang, Chao, Wang, Zongyu, Fu, Benwei, Ji, Yulong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 24.11.2020; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 639/4077/4072; 639/4077/4072/4062; 639/4077/909/4101; 639/4077/909/4101/4103; Electricity; Energy; Energy conversion; Harvesting; High temperature; Humanities and Social Sciences; Magnetic fields; multidisciplinary; Phase transitions; Renewable resources; Salts; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Solar energy; Solar radiation; Sunlight; Thermal energy

Solar energy as an abundant renewable resource has been investigated for many years. Solar thermoelectric conversion technology, which converts solar energy into thermal energy and then into electricity, has been developed and implemented in many important fields. The operation of solar–thermal–elec...