Title
Caesium doping accelerates the hydration rate of potassium carbonate in thermal energy storage
Author
Houben, J.
Shkatulov, A.
Huinink, H.
Fischer, H.
Adan, O.
Publication year
2023
Abstract
Potassium carbonate has recently been identified as a promising candidate for thermochemical energy storage. However, as for many salt hydrates, its reaction kinetics is relatively slow. KCO has a metastable zone, where the reaction is kinetically hindered, which limits the temperature operating window. This work aims to improve the material performance, focusing on two aspects; improving the kinetics outside the metastable zone and reducing the metastable zone width. This work shows that doping with CsCO, can improve both. Moreover, it is shown that the dopant enhances the hydration rate by introducing mobility due to local deliquescence. This lays the foundation for further material research using dopants to enhance the performance of salt hydrates.
Subject
Caesium carbonate
Doping
Heat battery
Potassium carbonate
Thermochemical material
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2022.112116
TNO identifier
980536
Publisher
Elsevier B.V.
ISSN
0927-0248
Source
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 251 (251)
Document type
article