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Synthesis and characterization of graphene oxide-based nanofluids and study of their thermal conductivity

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In the present research work, we investigated the effect of loading mass concentrations (0.05%, 0.15%, and 0.25 mass %) and temperature (10–50 °C) on the thermal properties of graphene oxide-ethylene glycol (GO-EG) nanofluids. A two-step approach was adopted to prepare the GO-EG nanofluids with different mass proportions without any surfactant. The thermal kinetic analysis was performed by modulated DSC and TGA. Thermal stability and particle size distribution of the nanofluids were monitored by using UV–visible spectroscopy and dynamic light scattering. The experimental findings on the thermal transport characteristics of the as-prepared nanofluid samples are influenced by loading mass concentration, increasing temperature because of the high relative area of dispersed nanoparticles at higher particle concentration, dispersion quality of nanofluids. The thermal conductivity (TC) of GO-EG nanofluid shows an enhancement of 36.72% for (sample no. 3, i.e., GO 3) and shows a semi-linear dependence profile between temperature and TC, with increasing mass concentration due to the decrease in interfacial thermal resistance between GO and EG. The observed results are in good agreement with previously reported literature and reveal the promising prospect for usage as a state-of-the-art heat transport fluid in the coolant industry.

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The author Sachin Kumar Yadav duly acknowledges the University Grant Commission (UGC), New Delhi, for financial support. The authors would also like to extend his appreciation to Mr. Pushpesh Pathak Research Fellow (IIT Guwahati), Mr. Tarun Katheriya, and Gurudeo Nirala Research Fellow (IIT BHU) and Prof. Raja Ram Yadav, (UGC Centre of Advanced Studies) Department of Physics, University of Allahabad, for experimental facilities. Authors also convey their thanks to Dr. Navneet Yadav, University of Allahabad for discussion.

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    Sachin Kumar Yadav, Diptarka Roy & Anil Kumar Yadav

  2. Department of Physics, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, U.P., 221005, India

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  3. Advanced Glass and Glass Ceramic Research Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, 226007, U.P., India

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S.K.Y. contributed to writing the complete manuscript, experimental characterizations of synthesized graphene oxide, analysis of the experimental parts in the manuscript. D.R. contributed to synthesis of grapheme oxide, design the experimental process to synthesize graphene oxide, checking the manuscript writing. A.K.Y., the corresponding author, contributed to the supervision of the whole research work, writing the manuscript. P.S. contributed to experimental characterizations of the synthesized graphene oxide. S.K.A. gave valuable discussions to analyze the experimental data, checking the manuscript.

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Yadav, S.K., Roy, D., Yadav, A.K. et al. Synthesis and characterization of graphene oxide-based nanofluids and study of their thermal conductivity. J Therm Anal Calorim 147, 11661–11670 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-022-11388-3

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