Document type
Patents
Title
Use of Melanin or Melanin Particles for Solar Thermal Energy Conversion
Participants in the publication
Klemens Massonne (Author)
BASF AG
Salomé Vieira (Author)
Dep. Química e Bioquímica
Maria José Lourenço (Author)
Dep. Química e Bioquímica
CQE
Carlos Nieto de Castro (Author)
Dep. Química e Bioquímica
CQE
Summary
The present invention provides renewable and sustainable materials suitable for solar thermal energy conversion. Provided are methods for isolating melanin or melanin particles from the ink sac of a Cephalopoda animal as well as parameters for characterizing melanin or melanin particles, particularly their physic-chemical properties. Further rovided is a solar thermal energy selective absorber material comprising melanin or melanin particles, a solar lacquer or solar paint comprising as a pigment melanin or melanin particles and a solar thermal system comprising melanin or melanin particles. In addition, there is provided the use of melanin or melanin particles as pigment, for example for solar lacquers or solar paints, or as selective absorber for direct absorption solar collectors or for use in a heat transfer fluid and/or within a solar thermal system in general.
Editor(s)
EPO
Date of Submisson/Request
2017-03-23
Data de Concessão
2017-10-11
Institution
BASF AG
Where published
EPO
Publication Identifiers
ISSN - EP 3 228 192 A2
Address
Munich, Germany
Organizers
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa
Publisher
EPO