Carbon Nanotubes Grown on the Carbon Fibers to Enhance the Photothermal Conversion toward Solar-Driven Applications.

Photothermal conversion is a directly, sustainable, and green path to use solar energy and the one of the most important keys is the photothermal conversion material. How to obtain the durable and effective material for photothermal conversion with low cost and facile preparation is still a great challenge. In this work, the carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are grown on the carbon fibers (CFs) via the catalysis of trapped Fe and Co. The absorption of the as-prepared CFs/CNTs illustrate the enhancement from the visible light to the near-infrared light range. The photothermal conversion characterization shows the grown CNTs promoting the higher surface temperature and the highest temperature reaches to about 325 °C under 10 sun irradiations. The water evaporation on the CFs/CNTs is measured 1.40 ± 0.03 kg·cm-2·h-1 under 1 sun irradiation and the water evaporation rate is also found depending on the irradiation density. The photothermal conversion applications and the water evaporation under natural irradiation also reveal the suitable candidate of the CFs/CNTs for photothermal conversion application. This work provides a facile path to obtain effective carbon-based materials for photothermal application.

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