The thermal utilization of sustainable fuels and the recovery of waste heat play a central role in today’s energy generation ...

Zero-thermal-expansion (ZTE) materials are widely used in precision optics, cryogenic equipment and sensors, where even small ...

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Geothermal energy is clean and renewable, derived from the heat stored within accessible depths of the Earth’s crust. The ...

Heat is transferred by radiation between two well-separated bodies at temperatures of finite difference in vacuum. At large distances the heat transfer can be described by black body radiation, at ...

Radiation heat transfer exceeding the blackbody limit at nanosize separation gaps has been experimentally confirmed in the scanning probe-surface 1,2,3, scanning probe-film 4, microsphere-surface ...

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Advanced thermal energy storage is playing an increasingly important role in improving the performance and reliability of solar energy systems. In this ...