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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Electrospun Cadmium Selenide Nanoparticles-Loaded Cellulose Acetate Fibers for Solar Thermal Application.

Nicole Angel, S N Vijayaraghavan, Feng Yan, Lingyan Kong

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Nicole AngelDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA.
S N VijayaraghavanDepartment of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4206-1608
Feng YanDepartment of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0208-6886
Lingyan KongDepartment of Human Nutrition and Hospitality Management, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4775-0226

Funding

National Institute of Food and Agriculture 2020-67022-31376National Science Foundation 1944374
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Solar thermal techniques provide a promising method for the direct conversion of solar energy to thermal energy for applications, such as water desalination. To effectively realize the optimal potential of solar thermal conversion, it is desirable to construct an assembly with localized heating. Specifically, photoactive semiconducting nanoparticles, when utilized as independent light absorbers, have successfully demonstrated the ability to increase solar vapor efficiency. Additionally, bio-based fibers have shown low thermal conductive photocorrosion. In this work, cellulose acetate (CA) fibers were loaded with cadmium selenide (CdSe) nanoparticles to be employed for solar thermal conversion and then subsequently evaluated for both their resulting morphology and conversion potential and efficiency. Electrospinning was employed to fabricate the CdSe-loaded CA fibers by adjusting the CA/CdSe ratio for increased solar conversion efficiency. The microstructural and chemical composition of the CdSe-loaded CA fibers were characterized. Additionally, the optical sunlight absorption performance was evaluated, and it was demonstrated that the CdSe nanoparticles-loaded CA fibers have the potential to significantly improve solar energy absorption. The photothermal conversion under 1 sun (100 mW/cm

Indexed as

cadmium selenidecellulose acetateelectrospun fibersphotoactive nanoparticlessolar thermal

Identifiers

PMID32650438
PMCPMC7408451

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