• 文献标题:   Solar Steam Generation and Desalination Using Ultra-Broadband Absorption in Plasmonic Alumina Nanowire Haze Structure-Graphene Oxide-Gold Nanoparticle Composite
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   BEHERA S, KIM C, KIM K
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  • 出版物名称:   LANGMUIR
  • ISSN:   0743-7463
  • 通讯作者地址:   Yonsei Univ
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c01906
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Solar steam generation is a promising solar energy harvesting technology to address the global clean energy and water deficiency cost-effectively. In this work, we present a compact plasmonic nanostructure-nanoparticle composite based on haze/ GO-rGO/Au enabling multiple purposes such as broadband solar absorption, solar steam generation, and solar desalination. The graphene oxide-reduced GO (GO-rGO) combination allows broadband optical absorption, and the presence of 5 nm Au nanoparticles creates high-density localized hotspots for enhanced photothermal effect as evidenced through Raman signal enhancement studies. Anodized aluminum oxide-based haze nanostructures provide maximum light interaction volume through multiple nanogaps and porosity through vertically aligned nanowires of 20- 26 nm width and 5-10 mu m depth for water channelization. The haze sample coated with GO-rGO/Au shows high solar absorbance of 92.5% over the 300-2500 nm wavelength range covering the whole solar spectrum (ultraviolet-visible-near-infrared). We have achieved 50 and 71.1% of solar-to-thermal conversion efficiencies in a single-layer microscale sample for saline and freshwater, respectively, with a maximum surface temperature of 95.7 degrees C. The efficiencies increase to 64 and 77% for two layers of the sample at 5 suns (5 kW m(-2)) illumination.