From Thermal to Electroactive Graphene Nanofluids

Daniel Rueda-García, María del Rocío Rodríguez-Laguna, Emigdio Chávez-Angel, Deepak P. Dubal, Zahilia Cabán-Huertas, Raúl Benages-Vilau and Pedro Gómez-Romero
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Daniel Rueda-García: Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, ICN2 (CSIC-BIST), Campus de la UAB, 08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain
María del Rocío Rodríguez-Laguna: Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, ICN2 (CSIC-BIST), Campus de la UAB, 08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain
Emigdio Chávez-Angel: Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, ICN2 (CSIC-BIST), Campus de la UAB, 08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain
Deepak P. Dubal: Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, ICN2 (CSIC-BIST), Campus de la UAB, 08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain
Zahilia Cabán-Huertas: Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, ICN2 (CSIC-BIST), Campus de la UAB, 08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain
Raúl Benages-Vilau: Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, ICN2 (CSIC-BIST), Campus de la UAB, 08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain
Pedro Gómez-Romero: Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, ICN2 (CSIC-BIST), Campus de la UAB, 08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain

Energies, 2019, vol. 12, issue 23, 1-11

Abstract: Here, we describe selected work on the development and study of nanofluids based on graphene and reduced graphene oxide both in aqueous and organic electrolytes. A thorough study of thermal properties of graphene in amide organic solvents (N,N-dimethylformamide, N,N-dimethylacetamide, and N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone) showed a substantial increase of thermal conductivity and specific heat upon graphene integration in those solvents. In addition to these thermal studies, our group has also pioneered a distinct line of work on electroactive nanofluids for energy storage. In this case, reduced graphene oxide (rGO) nanofluids in aqueous electrolytes were studied and characterized by cyclic voltammetry and charge-discharge cycles (i.e., in new flow cells). In addition, hybrid configurations (both hybrid nanofluid materials and hybrid cells combining faradaic and capacitive activities) were studied and are summarized here.

Keywords: graphene; reduced graphene oxide (rGO); nanofluids; thermal properties; heat transfer fluids; electrochemical energy storage; electroactive nanofluids (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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