Hybrid Plasma–Liquid Functionalisation for the Enhanced Stability of CNT Nanofluids for Application in Solar Energy Conversion
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. CNT Synthesis
2.2. CNT Functionalisation
2.3. CNT Ribbon Characterisation
2.4. Nanofluid Preparation and Optical Characterisation
2.5. Methods for the Assessment of the Solar–Thermal Conversion
3. Results
3.1. CNT Ribbon Chemical Analysis
3.2. Nanofluid Optical Characterisation and Solar–Thermal Conversion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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McGlynn, R.J.; Moghaieb, H.S.; Brunet, P.; Chakrabarti, S.; Maguire, P.; Mariotti, D. Hybrid Plasma–Liquid Functionalisation for the Enhanced Stability of CNT Nanofluids for Application in Solar Energy Conversion. Nanomaterials 2022, 12, 2705. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12152705
McGlynn RJ, Moghaieb HS, Brunet P, Chakrabarti S, Maguire P, Mariotti D. Hybrid Plasma–Liquid Functionalisation for the Enhanced Stability of CNT Nanofluids for Application in Solar Energy Conversion. Nanomaterials. 2022; 12(15):2705. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12152705
Chicago/Turabian StyleMcGlynn, Ruairi J., Hussein S. Moghaieb, Paul Brunet, Supriya Chakrabarti, Paul Maguire, and Davide Mariotti. 2022. "Hybrid Plasma–Liquid Functionalisation for the Enhanced Stability of CNT Nanofluids for Application in Solar Energy Conversion" Nanomaterials 12, no. 15: 2705. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12152705