High-temperature solar thermal energy systems make use of concentrated solar radiation to
generate electricity, produce chemical fuels, and drive energy-intensive processing of …

High temperature processes are widely used in a variety of existing and emerging industrial
and aerospace applications. The thermal properties of high‐temperature materials thus play …

Concentrating solar thermal (CST) is an efficient renewable energy technology with low-cost
thermal energy storage. CST relies on wide-spectrum solar thermal absorbers that must …

The application of solar-driven water evaporation process in clean water production via
solar distillation is recently intensively investigated. The phase change and mass transfer …

This analysis examines the potential benefit of adopting the supercritical carbon dioxide
(sCO 2) Brayton cycle at 600–650° C compared to the current state-of-the-art power tower …

The high concentration, complexity and volatility of organic pollutants in actual wastewater
are becoming major obstacles to realizing efficient water purification. Inspired by the …

Metal Cu nanoparticles have been recognized as the long-standing presence in the fields of
antibacterial and low-induced bacterial resistance, however, the uncontrollable Cu ion …

Solid particles based direct solar absorbing heat transfer fluid (HTF) and thermal energy
storage (TES) material is gaining increasing interests for high-temperature concentrating …

Cermet-based solar selective absorbing coatings are widely used, however, the long-term
thermal instability and pretty high infrared emissivity at high temperatures (> 550° C) are still …

The pressing demands for next-generation concentrating solar power drive the pursuit of
high-efficiency, thermally stable, and scalable spectrally selective absorbers. Multilayer …