The tubing that absorbs the solar heat reflected off the parabolic trough-shaped solar collector in Trough CSP is normally a metal. Researchers at PROMES-CNRS have instead trialed glass tubing filled with graphene-infused nanoparticles suspended in water, to improve performance. In concentrated solar thermal (CST) energy collection using parabolic trough-shaped mirrors, the heat from the sun …
A novel solar tech for commercial heat deploys graphene nanoparticles in clear glass tubing
