Solar steam generation enabled by carbon black: The impact of particle size and nanostructure
Georgios A. Kelesidis,
Amogh Nagarkar,
Pier Giuseppe Rivano
Abstract:Here, commercial carbon black (CB) grades are characterized in detail to determine the link between their physicochemical properties and solar steam generation performance. The CB nanoparticles used here have surface mean primary particle diameters of 11–406 nm resulting in specific surface areas of 8–300 m2/g. Thermogravimetric analysis, dynamic light scattering, Raman spectroscopy, and x‐ray diffraction reveal that fine CB nanoparticles form large agglomerates, have a more disordered nanostructure and larger… Show more
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