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A new kind of water-based nanofluid with a low loading of three-dimensional porous graphene

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In this study, stable water-based heat transfer nanofluid containing a kind of three-dimensional porous graphene (3D PG) has been prepared. For dispersion of 3D PG in water, it is hydrophilic treated by an alkaline method, which is a facile and effective approach in preparing water-soluble graphene by introducing the carboxyl groups (–COOH) as a mild oxidation process using potassium persulfate. The stability and thermal conductive performance of the nanofluid have been investigated with different loading at various temperatures. Experimental results show that the nanofluid can remain highly stability and its enhanced thermal conductivity up to 8–34% can be observed even at lower weight fraction of 0.01–0.07 wt% at room temperature.

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Acknowledgements

This work is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China and Guangdong Province (No. U1401246), by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51276044) and by Science and Technology Program of Guangdong Province of China (Grant Nos. 2014B010106005, 2015B010135011, 2015A050502047, 2016A020221031), and by Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou City of China (Grant Nos. 201508030018, 2016201604030040), and by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51502043).

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    Yingxi Lin, Haiyan Zhang, Chunhua He, Yunyong Li & Haoqun Hong

  2. Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Soft Condensed Matter, Guangzhou, 510006, China

    Haiyan Zhang, Chunhua He, Yunyong Li & Shanxing Wang

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Lin, Y., Zhang, H., He, C. et al. A new kind of water-based nanofluid with a low loading of three-dimensional porous graphene. J Mater Sci 52, 10485–10496 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-017-1232-1

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