Bionic structures and materials inspired by plant leaves: A comprehensive review for innovative problem-solving

H Yu, J Zhang, S Zhang, Z Han - Progress in Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Leaves have developed various functional structures to enhance plant survival, making
them the most typical bionic prototypes. Bionic research inspired by plant leaves has yielded …

Progress in passive daytime radiative cooling: A review from optical mechanism, performance test, and application

Y Dong, X Zhang, L Chen, W Meng, C Wang… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
By exploiting the 3 K coldness of outer space as heat sink of terrestrial thermal radiation,
passive daytime radiative cooling (PDRC) can achieve sub-ambient temperatures without …

Energy, environment, and economic analyses on a novel hydrogen production method by electrified steam methane reforming with renewable energy accommodation

H Song, Y Liu, H Bian, M Shen, X Lin - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
More and more attention has been paid to hydrogen due to its cleanity and high energy
density. However, hydrogen production from conventional steam methane reforming has …

Experimental and numerical study on flow characteristic and thermal performance of macro-capsules phase change material with biomimetic oval structure

Y Dong, F Wang, Y Zhang, X Shi, A Zhang, Y Shuai - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The emergence of bionics provides new ideas for the innovation of engineering technology,
which has been widely used in energy storage, heat transfer enhancement, and solar …

Sustainable energy resources for driving methane conversion

R Chen, GM Weng - Advanced Energy Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The conversion of methane to value‐added chemicals by traditional reforming processes
suffers from intensive energy consumption due to its particularly strong C─ H bonds. Thus, it …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of mathematical models of steam methane reforming process for the needs of fuel cells

M Wójcik, Ł Szabłowski, O Dybiński - International Journal of Hydrogen …, 2024 - Elsevier
The article presents a comparison of mathematical models of steam methane reforming. The
analysis is divided into two parts. The first concerns the reforming process using separate …

A low-cost sustainable coating: Improving passive daytime radiative cooling performance using the spectral band complementarity method

Y Dong, H Han, F Wang, Y Zhang, Z Cheng, X Shi… - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
As a passive cooling method without extra energy expenditure, the passive daytime
radiative cooling (PDRC) technology has the potential for wide range of applications …

Use of hybrid MCDM methods for site location of solar-powered hydrogen production plants in Uzbekistan

HA Xuan, VV Trinh, K Techato… - … Energy Technologies and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Uzbekistan is a developing country where energy demand is rising, and it has many
problems in the energy supply sector. This issue leads to a mismatch between energy …

Integrated design of solar concentrator and thermochemical reactor guided by optimal solar radiation distribution

XY Tang, KR Zhang, WW Yang, PY Dou - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The improvement of solar thermochemical reactor performance is crucial in solar energy
utilization technology. This study presents an integrated design method for solar …

Progress in radiative transfer in porous medium: A review from macro scale to pore scale with experimental test

W Fuqiang, Z Xinping, D Yan, Y Hongliang… - Applied Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Porous medium had the advantages of high porosity, large specific surface area and three
dimensional micro-nano cross scale transfixion, which had been widely used in the fields of …