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Area of Science:

  • Materials Science
  • Physical Chemistry
  • Nanotechnology

Background:

  • Forcible wetting of hydrophobic pores offers a method for interfacial energy storage.
  • Energy recovery via pressure-volume work during decompression is possible.
  • Hysteresis in wetting/drying cycles leads to energy dissipation and reduced efficiency.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how decreasing planar pore diameters affects energy recovery efficiency.
  • To understand the relationship between pore size, hysteresis, and stored energy density.

Main Methods:

  • Open ensemble (Grand Canonical) Monte Carlo simulations were employed.
  • The study focused on the behavior of liquids within confined planar pores of varying diameters.

Main Results:

  • Near-complete reversibility and improved energy recovery were achieved in pores accommodating only a monolayer of liquid.
  • Small pore sizes minimized liquid/gas interface area during cavitation.
  • Steep increases in infiltration pressure and reduced translational entropy were observed in tight confinements.

Conclusions:

  • Reducing pore diameter is an effective strategy to minimize cycling hysteresis and enhance stored-energy density.
  • This approach offers advantages over increasing liquid particle size for improving energy recovery in porous materials.