• 文献标题:   Hierarchical Graphene Foam for Efficient Omnidirectional Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   REN HY, TANG M, GUAN BL, WANG KX, YANG JW, WANG FF, WANG MZ, SHAN JY, CHEN ZL, WEI D, PENG HL, LIU ZF
  • 作者关键词:   desalination, graphene, hierarchical foam, solarthermal conversion
  • 出版物名称:   ADVANCED MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   0935-9648 EI 1521-4095
  • 通讯作者地址:   Peking Univ
  • 被引频次:   153
  • DOI:   10.1002/adma.201702590
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

Efficient solar-thermal energy conversion is essential for the harvesting and transformation of abundant solar energy, leading to the exploration and design of efficient solar-thermal materials. Carbon-based materials, especially graphene, have the advantages of broadband absorption and excellent photothermal properties, and hold promise for solar-thermal energy conversion. However, to date, graphene-based solar-thermal materials with superior omnidirectional light harvesting performances remain elusive. Herein, hierarchical graphene foam (h-G foam) with continuous porosity grown via plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition is reported, showing dramatic enhancement of broadband and omnidirectional absorption of sunlight, which thereby can enable a considerable elevation of temperature. Used as a heating material, the external solar-thermal energy conversion efficiency of the h-G foam impressively reaches up to approximate to 93.4%, and the solar-vapor conversion efficiency exceeds 90% for seawater desalination with high endurance.