Hierarchical Graphene Foam for Efficient Omnidirectional Solar–Thermal Energy Conversion

Huaying Ren; Miao Tang; Baolu Guan; Kexin Wang; Jiawei Yang; Feifan Wang; Mingzhan Wang; Jingyuan Shan; Zhaolong Chen; Di Wei; Hailin Peng; Zhongfan Liu

doi:10.1002/adma.201702590

Hierarchical Graphene Foam for Efficient Omnidirectional Solar–Thermal Energy Conversion

Huaying Ren, Miao Tang, Baolu Guan, Kexin Wang, Jiawei Yang, Feifan Wang, Mingzhan Wang, Jingyuan Shan, Zhaolong Chen, Di Wei, Hailin Peng^*, Zhongfan Liu

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Efficient solar–thermal energy conversion is essential for the harvesting and transformation of abundant solar energy, leading to the exploration and design of efficient solar–thermal materials. Carbon-based materials, especially graphene, have the advantages of broadband absorption and excellent photothermal properties, and hold promise for solar–thermal energy conversion. However, to date, graphene-based solar–thermal materials with superior omnidirectional light harvesting performances remain elusive. Herein, hierarchical graphene foam (h-G foam) with continuous porosity grown via plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition is reported, showing dramatic enhancement of broadband and omnidirectional absorption of sunlight, which thereby can enable a considerable elevation of temperature. Used as a heating material, the external solar–thermal energy conversion efficiency of the h-G foam impressively reaches up to ≈93.4%, and the solar–vapor conversion efficiency exceeds 90% for seawater desalination with high endurance. © 2017 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim

Original language	English
Article number	1702590
Journal	Advanced Materials
Volume	29
Issue number	38
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201702590
Publication status	Published - 11 Oct 2017
Externally published	Yes

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

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solar–thermal conversion

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