Claim · claim:photothermal-drives
Incident radiation flux —drives→ Photothermal absorption
The atlas records this claim as established: an incident radiation flux drives photothermal absorption under the conditions below.
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2cited sources59enumerated routes using it2routes with composition evidence2recorded pathways
Conditions
- an absorber with high solar absorptance; selective surfaces suppress re-emission
regime: illumination required
Evidence · 2
- [1]A. Bejan. Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics (4th ed.) (2016)
- [2]P. T. Landsberg, G. Tonge. Thermodynamic energy conversion efficiencies (1980)
Matrix cells this relation feeds
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Uses of this claim
recorded pathways · 2
- Solar thermal collector (hot water)commercial · 3 steps
- Concentrating solar-thermal plantcommercial · 7 steps
other enumerated routes · 57 (first 24 shown)
- Incident radiation flux → Photothermal absorption → Temperature gradient → Thermal emission → Light4/4 established · same energy form
- Incident radiation flux → Photothermal absorption → Temperature gradient → Alkali-metal thermal-to-electric conversion → Ionic current → Electrical work3/5 established · extends a recorded pathway
- Incident radiation flux → Photothermal absorption → Temperature gradient → Ionic thermoelectric effect → Ionic current → Electrical work5/5 established · candidate
- Incident radiation flux → Photothermal absorption → Temperature gradient → Marangoni effect → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work5/5 established · extends a recorded pathway
- Incident radiation flux → Photothermal absorption → Temperature gradient → Thermal shape-memory effect → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work5/5 established · extends a recorded pathway
- Incident radiation flux → Photothermal absorption → Temperature gradient → Thermochemical redox cycle → Chemical fuel (H₂, CO, syngas) → Chemical fuel5/5 established · candidate
- Incident radiation flux → Photothermal absorption → Temperature gradient → Thermopolarization effect → Separated surface charge → Electrical work3/5 established · weakly supported
- Incident radiation flux → Photothermal absorption → Temperature gradient → Thermopolarization effect → Separated surface charge → Electrical work3/5 established · weakly supported
- Incident radiation flux → Photothermal absorption → Temperature gradient → Seebeck effect → Charge carriers → Electrical work5/5 established · extends a recorded pathway
- Incident radiation flux → Photothermal absorption → Temperature gradient → Heat conduction → Heat flow → Useful heat5/5 established · extends a recorded pathway
- Incident radiation flux → Photothermal absorption → Temperature gradient → Thermionic emission → Charge carriers → Electrical work5/5 established · extends a recorded pathway
- Incident radiation flux → Photothermal absorption → Temperature gradient → Thermogalvanic effect → Ionic current → Electrical work5/5 established · extends a recorded pathway
- Incident radiation flux → Photothermal absorption → Temperature gradient → Thermally regenerative electrochemical cycle → Ionic current → Electrical work3/5 established · extends a recorded pathway
- Incident radiation flux → Photothermal absorption → Temperature gradient → Nernst effect → Charge carriers → Electrical work5/5 established · extends a recorded pathway
- Incident radiation flux → Photothermal absorption → Temperature gradient → Anomalous Nernst effect → Charge carriers → Electrical work5/5 established · extends a recorded pathway
- Incident radiation flux → Photothermal absorption → Temperature gradient → Working-fluid expansion (heat-engine cycle) → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work5/5 established · extends a recorded pathway
- Incident radiation flux → Photothermal absorption → Temperature gradient → Ocean thermal energy conversion → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work3/5 established · candidate
- Incident radiation flux → Photothermal absorption → Temperature gradient → Advective heat transport → Heat flow → Useful heat5/5 established · extends a recorded pathway
- Incident radiation flux → Photothermal absorption → Temperature gradient → Thermo-osmosis → Streaming potential → Ionic current → Electrical work5/6 established · extends a recorded pathway
- Incident radiation flux → Photothermal absorption → Temperature gradient → Thermomagnetic convection → Electromagnetic induction → Charge carriers → Electrical work5/6 established · extends a recorded pathway
- Incident radiation flux → Photothermal absorption → Temperature gradient → Soret effect → Concentration gradient → Chemiosmosis → Chemical fuel6/6 established · extends a recorded pathway
- Incident radiation flux → Photothermal absorption → Temperature gradient → Thermal expansion → Mechanical stress or strain → Elastocaloric effect → Cooling5/6 established · candidate
- Incident radiation flux → Photothermal absorption → Temperature gradient → Thermal expansion → Mechanical stress or strain → Elastocaloric effect → Useful heat5/6 established · candidate
- Incident radiation flux → Photothermal absorption → Temperature gradient → Marangoni effect → Mechanical motion → Electromagnetic induction → Charge carriers → Electrical work7/7 established · extends a recorded pathway
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Cite this claim
Physical Transformation Atlas (2026). claim claim:photothermal-drives: Incident radiation flux —drives→ Photothermal absorption. Dataset revision rbfbfcbb70e57 (hash of the canonical data). https://physical-transformation-atlas.wldud5192.workers.dev/claim/photothermal-drives
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