Affiliation:
1. College of Petrochemical Engineering Lanzhou University of Technology Lanzhou 730050 P. R. China
2. China Aviation Lithium Batteries Co., Ltd. Changzhou Jiangsu 213000 China
Abstract
In recent years, solar absorbers have received widespread attention, however, large‐scale preparation is difficult to achieve for many absorbers, and the raw materials are expensive. Halloysite (HNTs) and palygorskite (PAL) have the advantage of abundant reserves and low prices. Herein, solar absorbers with bilayer and porous features are prepared from mixed clays of HNTs and PAL; further studies focused on the solar–thermal conversion efficiency of the absorbers. The mixed clays are gelated by aqueous polymerization of acrylamide and N, N′‐methylene bisacrylamide, then the surface of the gel is carbonized to obtain the double‐layer solar absorbers (F‐HNTs/PAL). The F‐HNTs/PAL shows excellent thermal stability with a weight‐loss ratio of 13% at 1,000 °C, good mechanical properties with a compressed strength of up to 200 KPa at 80% strain, abundant porosity with an adsorption pore volume of 0.057 cm3 g−1, and low thermal conductivity (0.206 W m−1 K−1). Under 1 sun illumination, the F‐HNTs/PAL has a higher vapor rate of 1.215 kg m−2 h−1 that equals 84% solar‐to‐vapor efficiency, which is much more than 57% of F‐HNTs prepared by the same methods, but the F‐HNTs/PAL shows unique thermal stability and mechanical property.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
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