High performance W-AlN cermet solar coatings designed by modelling calculations and deposited by DC magnetron sputtering

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-37

  Zhang, Qi Chu ^a,c   Shen, Y G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Research and Development Center for Coatings   (China)

Author keywords

Aluminium nitride; DC sputtering; Emittance; Reactive sputtering; Solar absorptance; Solar selective coating; Tungsten

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; ARGON; COATINGS; DEPOSITION; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; OPTIMIZATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR RADIATION; STAINLESS STEEL; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THIN FILMS; VOLUME FRACTION;

PHOTO-THERMAL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; SOLAR COATINGS;

CERMETS;

EID: 0346215789     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2003.08.021     Document Type: Article

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