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Light environment control for reducing energy loss and increasing crop yield in plant factories (2023)
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Zou, H., Li, C., Zhang, A., Zhang, X., Chen, X., Wang, F., Yan, Y., & Zhang, S. (2024). Light environment control for reducing energy loss and increasing crop yield in plant factories. Solar Energy, 268, Article 112281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2023.112281

Energy utilization for plant lighting is one of the primary constraints of the development of plant factories. Most researchers overlook the impact of energy attenuation during the propagation process on energy efficiency utilization, and the redistr... Read More about Light environment control for reducing energy loss and increasing crop yield in plant factories.

Performance investigation and design optimization of a battery thermal management system with thermoelectric coolers and phase change materials (2023)
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Luo, D., Wu, Z., Yan, Y., Cao, J., Yang, X., Zhao, Y., & Cao, B. (2024). Performance investigation and design optimization of a battery thermal management system with thermoelectric coolers and phase change materials. Journal of Cleaner Production, 434, Article 139834. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.139834

In this work, a novel battery thermal management system (BTMS) integrated with thermoelectric coolers (TECs) and phase change materials (PCMs) is developed to ensure the temperature working environment of batteries, where a fin framework is adopted t... Read More about Performance investigation and design optimization of a battery thermal management system with thermoelectric coolers and phase change materials.

Phase Change Materials Meet Microfluidic Encapsulation (2023)
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Guo, Y., Hou, T., Wang, J., Yan, Y., Li, W., Ren, Y., & Yan, S. (2024). Phase Change Materials Meet Microfluidic Encapsulation. Advanced Science, 11(37), Article 2304580. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202304580

Improving the utilization of thermal energy is crucial in the world nowadays due to the high levels of energy consumption. One way to achieve this is to use phase change materials (PCMs) as thermal energy storage media, which can be used to regulate... Read More about Phase Change Materials Meet Microfluidic Encapsulation.

Hybrid sensible-latent heat thermal energy storage using natural stones to enhance heat transfer: Energy, exergy, and economic analysis (2023)
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Zhang, S., Li, Y., & Yan, Y. (2024). Hybrid sensible-latent heat thermal energy storage using natural stones to enhance heat transfer: Energy, exergy, and economic analysis. Energy, 286, Article 129530. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2023.129530

Latent heat thermal energy storage addresses the mismatch between energy supply and demand; however, phase change materials (PCM) commonly have the issue of low thermal conductivity. Natural stones, as low-cost and environmentally friendly sensible h... Read More about Hybrid sensible-latent heat thermal energy storage using natural stones to enhance heat transfer: Energy, exergy, and economic analysis.

Stable Perovskite Quantum Dots Light‐Emitting Diodes with Efficiency Exceeding 24% (2023)
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Zhang, X., Wang, Q., Yao, Z., Deng, M., Wang, J., Qian, L., Ren, Y., Yan, Y., & Xiang, C. (2023). Stable Perovskite Quantum Dots Light‐Emitting Diodes with Efficiency Exceeding 24%. Advanced Science, 10(36), Article 2304696. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202304696

Perovskite nanocrystals for light‐emitting diodes are often synthesized by uncontrollable metathesis reactions, suffering from low product yield, nonuniform growth, and poor stability. Herein, by controlling the nucleation kinetics with high dissocia... Read More about Stable Perovskite Quantum Dots Light‐Emitting Diodes with Efficiency Exceeding 24%.

Uniform cooling for concentrator photovoltaic cell by micro-encapsulated phase change material slurry in double-layered minichannels (2023)
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Wang, Y., Kang, W., & Yan, Y. (2024). Uniform cooling for concentrator photovoltaic cell by micro-encapsulated phase change material slurry in double-layered minichannels. Applied Thermal Engineering, 236(Part C), Article 121756. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.121756

The concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) systems often suffer high heat flux, leading to cell temperatures rising, which will affect its performance and reduce the service life. Double-layered minichannel heat sink (DL-MCHS) is an efficient cooling techno... Read More about Uniform cooling for concentrator photovoltaic cell by micro-encapsulated phase change material slurry in double-layered minichannels.

Experimental investigation of deposition patterns of citric acid modified magnetic nanofluids droplet affected by substrate temperatures (2023)
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Liu, Z., & Yan, Y. (2024). Experimental investigation of deposition patterns of citric acid modified magnetic nanofluids droplet affected by substrate temperatures. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 195, Article 108666. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2023.108666

Over the past decades, complex deposition patterns after the evaporation of particle-laden droplets spark intense interest in interpreting the formation of deposition patterns due to their numerous applications in biomedicine, ink-jet printing, biops... Read More about Experimental investigation of deposition patterns of citric acid modified magnetic nanofluids droplet affected by substrate temperatures.

“Warm in Winter and Cool in Summer”: Scalable Biochameleon Inspired Temperature-Adaptive Coating with Easy Preparation and Construction (2023)
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Dong, Y., Meng, W., Wang, F., Han, H., Liang, H., Li, X., Zou, Y., Yang, C., Xu, Z., Yan, Y., & Cheng, Z. (2023). “Warm in Winter and Cool in Summer”: Scalable Biochameleon Inspired Temperature-Adaptive Coating with Easy Preparation and Construction. Nano Letters, 23(19), 9034-9041. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c02733

The highly reflective solar radiation of passive daytime radiative cooling (PDRC) increases heating energy consumption in the cold winter. Inspired by the temperature-adaptive skin color of chameleon, we efficiently combine temperature-adaptive solar... Read More about “Warm in Winter and Cool in Summer”: Scalable Biochameleon Inspired Temperature-Adaptive Coating with Easy Preparation and Construction.

Numerical analysis on thermal hydraulic characteristics of mesh-type ultra-thin vapor chambers (2023)
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Li, R., Gan, Y., Luo, Q., Yan, Y., & Li, Y. (2024). Numerical analysis on thermal hydraulic characteristics of mesh-type ultra-thin vapor chambers. Applied Thermal Engineering, 236(Part B), Article 121648. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.121648

The mesh-type ultra-thin vapor chamber (UTVC) is a highly cost-effective device that spreads heat efficiently and maintains good temperature uniformity, meeting the present trend and demand for compact system heat dissipation. To analyze the thermal... Read More about Numerical analysis on thermal hydraulic characteristics of mesh-type ultra-thin vapor chambers.

Realizing ultrahigh ZT value and efficiency of the Bi2Te3 thermoelectric module by periodic heating (2023)
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Luo, D., Li, Y., Yan, Y., Hu, X., Fan, X., Chen, W.-H., Ren, Y., & Cao, B. (2023). Realizing ultrahigh ZT value and efficiency of the Bi2Te3 thermoelectric module by periodic heating. Energy Conversion and Management, 296, Article 117669. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2023.117669

Thermoelectric power generation is regarded as a promising technology to convert waste heat into electricity. This study aims to address the low conversion efficiency of thermoelectric modules and introduces a novel periodic heating method to enhance... Read More about Realizing ultrahigh ZT value and efficiency of the Bi2Te3 thermoelectric module by periodic heating.