Nanofluid-based optical filter optimization for PV/T systems

Robert A Taylor; Todd Otanicar; Gary Rosengarten

doi:10.1038/lsa.2012.34

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Nanofluid-based optical filter optimization for PV/T systems

Original Article

- Nanofluid-based optical filter optimization for PV/T systems
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 1, Issue 1, (2012)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
  2.University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, USA
  3.RMIT University, Melbourne, Vic., Australia
- Author bio：
  
  Dr RA Taylor, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia E-mail: Robert.Taylor@UNSW.edu.au
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1038/lsa.2012.34
  CLC：
- Published：2012-03，
  
  Published Online：26 October 2012，
  
  Received：19 March 2012，
  
  Revised：04 June 2012，
  
  Accepted：05 July 2012
- Accepted：
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Taylor, R. A., Otanicar, T. & Rosengarten, G. Nanofluid-based optical filter optimization for PV/T systems. Light: Science & Applications, 1, e34 (2012).
DOI：

Taylor, R. A., Otanicar, T. & Rosengarten, G. Nanofluid-based optical filter optimization for PV/T systems. Light: Science & Applications, 1, e34 (2012). DOI： 10.1038/lsa.2012.34.

摘要

Abstract

Optical filters are essential in a wide range of applications

including optical communications

electronics

lighting

optical sensors and photography. This article presents recent work which indicates that optical filters can be created from specialized nanoparticle suspensions. Specifically

this article describes a theoretical optimization process for designing nanofluid-based filters for hybrid solar photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) applications. This particular application is suitable because nanofluids can be utilized as both volumetric solar absorbers and flowing heat transfer mediums. The nanofluid filters described in this work compare favorably with conventional optical filters for five photovoltaic (PV) cell alternatives: InGaP

CdTe

InGaAs

and Ge. This study demonstrates that nanofluids make efficient

compact and potentially low-cost

spectrally selective optical filters.

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Keywords

Hybridnanofluidoptical filterphotovoltaicsolar energysolar thermal

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