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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2017

Investigation on Synthesis, Stability, and Thermal Conductivity Properties of Water-Based SnO₂/Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanofluids.

Xiaofen Yu, Qibai Wu, Haiyan Zhang, Guoxun Zeng, Wenwu Li, Yannan Qian, Yang Li, Guoqiang Yang, Muyu Chen

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9 authors.

Xiaofen YuSchool of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China. yuxiaofensophia@126.com.
Qibai WuSchool of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China. wuqb@gdut.edu.cn.
Haiyan ZhangSchool of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China. hyzhang@gdut.edu.cn.
Guoxun ZengSchool of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China. zenggx@gdut.edu.cn.
Wenwu LiSchool of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China. wenwuli@hust.edu.cn.
Yannan QianSchool of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China. qianyannanhit@126.com.
Yang LiSchool of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China. 13128276397@163.com.
Guoqiang YangSchool of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China. yanggq525@163.com.
Muyu ChenSchool of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China. 15626289608@163.com.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With the rapid development of industry, heat removal and management is a major concern for any technology. Heat transfer plays a critically important role in many sectors of engineering; nowadays utilizing nanofluids is one of the relatively optimized techniques to enhance heat transfer. In the present work, a facile low-temperature solvothermal method was employed to fabricate the SnO₂/reduced graphene oxide (rGO) nanocomposite. X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), X-ray photoelectron spectroscope (XPS), Raman spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) have been performed to characterize the SnO₂/rGO nanocomposite. Numerous ultrasmall SnO₂ nanoparticles with average diameters of 3-5 nm were anchored on the surface of rGO, which contain partial hydrophilic functional groups. Water-based SnO₂/rGO nanofluids were prepared with various weight concentrations by using an ultrasonic probe without adding any surfactants. The zeta potential was measured to investigate the stability of the as-prepared nanofluid which exhibited great dispersion stability after quiescence for 60 days. A thermal properties analyzer was employed to measure thermal conductivity of water-based SnO₂/rGO nanofluids, and the results showed that the enhancement of thermal conductivity could reach up to 31% at 60 °C under the mass fraction of 0.1 wt %, compared to deionized water.

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dispersion stabilitynanofluidsSnO2/rGO nanocompositesolvothermalthermal conductivity

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