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Published on: January 8, 2016
Heteropoly Blue/Carbon Nanotubes Nanocomposites as High-Performance Photothermal Conversion Materials
Zhilin Wang1, Songying Zhao1, Shanshan Xiao2
1Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate and Reticular Material Chemistry of Ministry of Education Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, 130024, P. R. China.
Abstract:
To realize the direct and full use of the widely distributed solar energy, developing novel materials with superb photothermal conversion capability is essential. Although heteropoly blue has intrinsic outstanding solar absorption and photothermal conversion properties, its spectral absorption in the infrared region is weak. Here, composites of heteropoly blue and carbon nanotubes (HPB/CNTs) are synthesized depending on electrostatic interactions by facile microwave sonication and freeze-drying. The doped CNTs can dramatically improve the spectral absorption performance of HPB ontology in the infrared region. As a result, the light absorption of the optimized HPB/CNTs (20 %) reaches more than 95 % in the range of 200-2400 nm, showing promising prospects as high-performance photothermal conversion material in the applications of solar desalination and wastewater treatment.
