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Title: Localized solar collectors

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1327920

A localized heating structure, and method of forming same, for use in solar systems includes a thermally insulating layer having interconnected pores, a density of less than about 3000 kg/m.sup.3, and a hydrophilic surface, and an expanded carbon structure adjacent to the thermally insulating layer. The expanded carbon structure has a porosity of greater than about 80% and a hydrophilic surface.

Research Organization:
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
SC0001299; FG02-09ER46577
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA
Patent Number(s):
9,459,024
Application Number:
14/479,307
OSTI ID:
1327920
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2014 Sep 06
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (2)

Solar evaporator patent November 1988
Three-dimensional electrodes with conductive foam for electron and lithium-ion transport patent February 2015

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