Abstract
Most solar thermal utilization materials can only absorb ultraviolet irradiation rather than visible-light, limiting the photothermal conversion efficiency of corresponding devices. In this work, a functional thermal slurry system with excellent visible-light absorption and high photothermal conversion performance is developed based on the phase change microcapsules, incorporating the visible-light absorption antenna in the shell structure. Specifically, a phase change microcapsule with paraffin as the core material and silica as the wall material is prepared by the in-situ polymerization method, in which the shell layer is doped with various photosensitive molecules. The photothermal conversion efficiency of copper phthalocyanine and MXene can reach 98 % and 85.3 % respectively. The corresponding conversion efficiency could reach up to more than 80 % in a long temperature range. Therefore, the doping of photosensitive molecules with visible-light absorption can promote the solar energy conversion efficiency of these solar thermal utilization materials.
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