High-efficiency solar thermoelectric conversion enabled by movable charging of molten salts.

ABSTRACT: Solar energy as an abundant renewable resource has been investigated for many years. Solar thermoelectric conversion technology, which converts solar energy into thermal energy and then into electricity, has been developed and implemented in many important fields. The operation of solar-thermal-electric conversion systems, however, is strongly affected by the intermittency of solar radiation, which requires installation of thermal storage subsystems. In this work, we demonstrated a new solar-thermal-electric conversion system that consists of a thermoelectric converter and a rapidly charging thermal storage subsystem. A magnetic-responsive solar-thermal mesh was used as the movable charging source to convert incident concentrated sunlight into high-temperature heat, which can induce solid-

SUBMITTER: Chang C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7687880 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature